§ Mr. KINGasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the estimate of £4,000,000 which has been made of the amount to be expended by the Government of India on the new Delhi is adhered to; and, if so, whether a statement of such estimated expense can be given, distinguishing the sums for purchase of ground, for laying out, draining and clearing the site, for building Government House, for building other Government buildings, and for fittings and furniture?
§ Mr. H. BAKERIn the course of the Budget discussion in the Legislature Council the Viceroy, on the 25th March last, stated that he had good reason to believe that with proper care and supervision the sum of four millions sterling would be in the end but little, if at all, exceeded by the time the city is built. The Secretary of State is not aware of any fresh circumstance suggesting a modification of this figure, but no detailed estimates of expenditure under different heads are as yet available.