§ 58. Brigadier-General WARNERasked the Secretary of State for War if he will consider the possibility of any steps being taken to rectify the grievance of officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers stationed at Ceylon, who now receive their pay and allowances in sterling at the stabilised rate of exchange, 1s. 6d. to the rupee, instead of at the original rate, 15 rupees to the £l, on which the pay and allowances were calculated?
§ Commodore KINGMy hon. and gallane Friend is under a misapprehension. The rates of pay of the British Army are on the same basis in all parts of the world, and allowances in Ceylon are fixed in rupees and have no reference to the rate of exchange. But the allowances received by officers and other ranks at that station are at present under consideration, and the rates of exchange and other factors affecting the cost of living will be taken into account in this connection.