§ Major POLEasked the Secretary of State for India whether he will state the number of persons in this country drawing pensions from each of the gazetted Indian services in the last year for which figures are available; and the cost of these pensions to the Indian revenues?
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§ Mr. BENNThe number of pensions issued in this country to retired members of the Indian services (civil) during the year ended 31st March, 1929, and the amounts paid during the year in respect of those pensions, were as follow:
Numbers. Amounts. £ Indian Civil Service 734 639,039 Judges of the High Courts 38 40,753 Bengal Pilot Service 33 13,333 Bishop of Madras 1 800 Uncovenanted Services 2,330 923,794 3,136 1,617,719