§ 16. Mr. NEWMANasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that, owing to the lack of drafts from Home, the Indian Government is being compelled to offer bounties to men to extend their term of service in Inda; and whether he can say what the approximate cost of such bounties will be to the Indian Empire for the present financial year?
§ Mr. C. ROBERTSThe War Office are offering bounties through the Government of India as a temporary expedient. The apportionment of the cost between the Home and Indian Governments is still under consideration, and I am unable at present to answer the last part of the question.