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of Guards ? The appointment was a now one, and he
should be glad to have some information on the subject,
though he should be sorry to follow the hon. bonnet tho
member for Tavistock in his attack upon the Guards.
WILLIAAIS called attention to the great increase in
the cost of the staff, and asked the right hon. gentleman to
give the committee some explanation.

Colonel P. lIERBERT justified the appointment of an
officer commanding a brigade as being a most useful and
valuable one.

Col. NORTH wished to know why "command money,"
which appeared in the estimates to the amount of £14,000,
was not given to cavalry regiments, to which the with-
holding of it was a matter of great dissatisfaction. Ho
complained also of the treatment shown to seven deserving
general officers, to whose case he had directs/ attention,
and which had been admitted to be well founded. In a
country of such wealth as England it was certainly very
discreditable.

Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked the right hon. gentleman
how soon accounts would be produced showing oar financial
relations with the Indian Government, and bow it was that
the number of men on the effective strength of the army
appeared to be below the estimates, when really they were
above it.
Mr. S. HERBERT, referring to the remark of the hon.
member fur Lambeth on the increase of the expenses of the
staff, said that a portion of that increase arose from the offi-
cers on service in China having been placed on a letter
footing, and the difference represented their increased pay
and allowances at home and abroad. With reference to the
general rule for appointments to regiments, he might state
that it was to this effect : that an officer was entitled to his
regiment either for home or for colonial service. With re-
spect to the question put to him by the hon. member oppo-
site, the member for Stamford, he thought the hon. gentle-
man himself, from his former connexion with the Treasury,
was better able to explain those mysterious transactions.
The hon. gentleman did not see the estimates for Indian
allowances, and for British officers serving in China; but
the fact was, that no such estimates were prepared. Those
allowances were paid out cf the commissariat chest, and the
accounts were sent to India, and thence to the Treasury,
after which they were balanced by votes of credit. The sys-
tem was cumbrous and objectionable, but until recent oc-
currences he knew nothing of the matter. With regard to
the other question of the hon. gentleman, he would only
observe that the apparent discrepancy arose from the dis-
charge of numerous men from India having enabled recruit -
ing to go on very briskly of late, so as to more than balance
its general slackness during harvest time. The result was,
that the army had not for a long time been in so effective a
condition.
The vote was then agreed to.
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£387,285 was then proposed for miscellaneous charges.
Colonel KNOX moved that the Chairman report pro-
grew.

After some conversation the motion was agreed to.
The house resumed.

The Nuisance Removal and Diseases Prevention Bill
passed through committee.
The remaining orders of the day having been disposed of,
the house adjourned at a quarter-past one o'clock.