§ 16. Mr. WILLIAM SHAWasked the Secretary of State for War on what rate of exchange for the rupee his Estimate for this year's expenditure in Mesopotamia was based; if the fall in the rupee has resulted in a saving under this head; and if he will state what he estimates the saving at?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLIn the original Estimates of the year the rupee was taken at 2s. 6d. I am now taking it at 2s. on the average throughout the year. The fall represents a saving of about three and a half million pounds on the original Estimates; of this saving about £2,750,000 relates to Mesopotamia. But this saving is far outweighed by other increases.