§ Mr. SPOORasked the Under-Secretary of State for India the amount that it is proposed should be expended on the painting and decoration of New Delhi; and whether it is proposed that this work should be done by Indian artists and craftsmen, or by artists specially brought over from England?
§ Earl WINTERTONI presume that the question has reference to Government House at New Delhi. As far as I am aware no separate estimate of the cost of painting and decoration has been prepared. The method in which the work is to be carried out is still under consideration.