§ 2. Colonel WEDGWOODasked how much of the cost, if any, of the Army of Occupation and the civil administration in Mesopotamia falls directly or in directly upon the Exchequer of India?
§ Mr. FISHERNo part of the cost of the civil administration of Mesopotamia falls upon the Indian Exchequer. The same is now the case as regards the Army of Occupation. During the War the 1242 ordinary (but not the extraordinary) charges of the troops despatched from. India for service in Mesopotamia and other theatres of war were borne by India revenues under the Parliamentary Resolutions of 16th September and 26th November, 1914. No contribution is now being made by India towards the cost of the troops overseas.