Lieut.-Colonel BELLasked the Secretary of State for India if he is aware that Sub-conductor H. Cuerdon, Indian Military Works Service, who was invalided home in April last, has received no last pay certificate from the India Office and is in consequence unable to draw any pay; and if he will cause steps to be taken to enable this warrant officer to obtain the pay to which he is entitled and of which he is in serious need?
§ Mr. MONTAGUA last pay certificate has not yet been received from India in Sub-conductor Cuerdon's case. A telegram has now been sent to the pay authorities in that country asking them to furnish the required certificate. In the meantime, if Conductor Cuerdon applies to the India Office stating whether he received any advance in India before embarkation, a provisional payment on account will be made to him in accordance with the usual practice.