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No. 2.
Letter from the Treasury to the India Office, No. 12,052, dated
Ibth Auaust, 19ui.
them
Suntty onS“rince" delegate" an'ftr^ps to be present at the Coronation
f u- : vi-nestv the Kin 0 '. The Secretary ot State now represents that, mas-
muSh as the postponement of the ceremonial has led to additional heavy
expenditure, the Treasury should defray at least a substantial portion ot, it not
the whole, cost of entertaining those who had been invited.
My Lords have received this communication with some surprise, as they
had understood that the Government of India were prepared to defray the entire
charge for this service from Indian funds—a course which would haae been in
accordance with all previous precedent.
My Lords, however, now leirn that the matter has been again considered
by His Majesty’s Government, who have come to the conclusion that the repre
sentative visitors from India attending the Coronation should be provided lor
in regard to the cost of their entertainment in the same manner as those who
represented the other great dependencies and Colonies of the Empire.
On this oround, therefore, and in view of the strong opinion expressed by
the Secretary of State for India in Council, my Lords will be prepared to ask
Parliament‘to provide in the estimate for the next financial yea*- the sum
required to repay the whole expense of the service.
My Lords understand that the sum of <£86,700 provided for purposes ot
entertainment, and the £2,000 already allotted from Imperial^ funds, have
proved insufficient to meet the expenditure actually incurred. I hey request
to be furnished with a statement of the actual expenditure at the Secretary ot
State’s earliest convenience.
1 am, &c.,
(Signed) FRANCIS MOW All.
No. 3.
Letter from the India Office to the Treasury, No. h. 5116, dated
Ath September ) 1902.
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the loth ot
August, No. 12,052. and to express the great gratification with which the
Secretary of State for India in Council has learnt that the Lords ot the
Treasury are prepared to exempt Indian revenues from any charges incurred
in this country in connection with the Coronation festivities, by asking Parlia
ment to provide in the estimate for the next financial year the sum required to
defray the cost of entertainment of the representative visitors from India
attending the Coronation, in the same manner as was done in the case of
representatives of other parts of the Empire.
A statement of the actual expenditure will be prepared as soon as possible;
but, as a portion of the expenditure in this country has been met from advances
for which accounts will be rendered in India, it will be necessary to
communicate with the Government of India on the subject.