Mission of His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught to India.

Part of Orders of the Day — Supply. – in the House of Commons at on 6 December 1920.

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Photo of Mr Stanley Baldwin Mr Stanley Baldwin , Bewdley

I may tell my right hon. Friend and the Committee that it does not mean that any further money will have to be asked of the Admiralty, but I am afraid that, until the journey is completed, it will be impossible to say what the expenses are. The only expenses that I can tell my right hon. Friend for certain are whatever the extra cost may be of the steamer which takes His Royal Highness to India over and above what she would have consumed had she been employed all the time. I understand that the Suez Canal dues will amount to £3,000, and there are being incurred certain expenses in providing suitable accommodation for the party, which numbers 13. That expenditure will probably be a matter of about £4,000. That is the whole of the information at present in my possession, but at a later date, I am sure, the total information will be obtainable from the Admiralty, when they know what the expenses of the journey are.