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within the terms of reference, we would specially call attention to the
observations in paragraph 6 of that letter, with regard to the entertainment of.
non-Indian Asiatic guests, in which we entirely concur.
ARTHUR GODLEY.
E. W. HAMILTON.
W. A. BAILLIE-HAMILTON
LIONEL ABRAHAMS,
Secretary.
31st December 1902.
No. 8.
Letter from the Colonial Office to the Treasury, No. 2919, dated 29$-
January, 1903.
I am directed to state, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of
the Treasury, that a copy of the report of the inter-departmental Committee
recently appointed to consider the procedure to be adopted, and the incidence
of expenditure, in respect of any Indian or Colonial guests who may visit this
country in future by invitation of His Majesty’s Government, has been received
from the India Office ; and I am to request you to signify to their Lordships
this Department’s concurrence in the Committee’s recommendations, and to*
express a hope that their Lordships will agree to their adoption in any future-
cases to which they are applicable.
I am, &c.,
(Signed) H. BERTRAM COX.
No. 9.
Letter from the Treasury to the India Office, No. 1278, dated ?>\st January, 1903..
I have laid before the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury
your letter of the 21st inst., transmitting copy of the report of a Committee-
appointed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to consider the
procedure to be adopted, and the incidence of expenditure, in respect of Indian
oi Colonial guests who may visit this country by invitation of His Majesty’s
Government.
My Lords observe that the Committee recommend that British liability in
such cases should be limited to expenses incurred in this country for guests
invited, with the previous cognizance of the Treasury, by His Majesty’s
Government, and that expenses incurred outside this country should be borne
y n an oiyOolomal funds, or by the person concerned, as the case may be.
;1 Lords also observe that the Committee concur in the view of the Indian
xovernment t at the same principle should be applied to the entertainment of
Asiatic guests other than TndTah.
am to request you to inform Lord George Hamilton that their Lordships
agree with him that the recommendations of the Committee should be approved,..
an< e upon when the occasion arises. They are causing a copy of this-
letter to be sent to the Colonial Office. &
I am, &c.,
(Signed) W. H. FISHER..