§ Sir J. D. REESasked the Under-Secretary for India whether members of the Indian Civil Service Family Pensions Fund who have contributed in the past to the excess, ascertained in 1911 to be £601,909, have participated in the advantages granted whereby that excess has been reduced to £17,000; and, if not, why they, who supplied the surplus, have been excluded from their share thereof?
Mr. ROBERTSThe remission of subscriptions after retirement absorbs the greater part of the excess referred to by the hon. Member, and the older subscribers, including officers on the retired list, to whose contributions the surplus is mainly due, have thus largely benefited by the advantages recently given.