§ 5. Mr. ORMSBY-GOREasked whether any settlement has been arrived at regarding the cost of the India Office to be borne by British and Indian Revenues, respectively, during the coming financial year, and when the respective amounts will be made public in India and this country?
§ Mr. FISHERThe recently published Vote on Account for the Civil Services forecasts a contribution from Imperial Revenues towards the cost of the India Office of £78,500. This amount, together with other sums totalling £40,000, which have for some time past been contributed to Indian Revenues on account of certain Imperial services rendered by India, is provisionally estimated to cover the cost, during the coming financial year, of the salaries of the Secretary of State and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, and of the Administrative as distinguished from the Agency functions of the India Offie.