§ 26. Mr. KINGasked the Under-Secretary of State for India the total number of Christian soldiers and of non-Christian soldiers, respectively, serving under His Majesty's Colours in India, and how much money from the revenues of India was paid in the last financial year for religious 1465 buildings, religious services, and religious ministers in India for Christian and for non-Christian religions, respectively?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe total number of Christian and non-Christian soldiers, British and Indian, are 83,806 and 150,624, respectively. The Government of India report that last year the total Army charges for religious ministrations were: For services and ministers for Christian troops, Rs. 4,35,000; for non-Christian troops, Rs. 22,000. Complete information of the charges on account of religious buildings for the troops has not yet been furnished. I will let my hon. Friend have it as soon as it is received from India.