MR. ALEXANDER M'AETHURasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether he can lay upon the Table any Report showing the nature and probable value of the trade which it is proposed to open up through Burmah with the western provinces of China?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONSir, the recent Expedition which was attacked in Chinese Burmah was sent to report upon the trades, routes, and the prospects of trade between Burmah and Western China. We propose to lay upon the Table of the House Papers relating to this Expedition, including a Report of the Chief Commissioner of Burmah as to the probable nature of the trade, and Memorials from the Associated Chamber of Commerce, as well as from the Chambers of Commerce of many of the large towns of the North of England. These documents will, I think, 1327 give the hon. Gentleman the information I he seeks.