§ MR. PUGHasked the Secretary of State for India, Whether he can inform the House what are the amounts paid or payable out of the revenues of India to Yahoob Khan (Ex-Ameer of Afghanistan), Shere Ali (Ex-Wali of Kandahar), and to other natives of Afghanistan not in Her Majesty's Military Service, by way of pensions, allowances, or gratuities, 1644 in respect of services rendered or claims acquired in connection with the War in Afghanistan?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONYahoob Khan has no fixed allowance. The ex-Wali of Kandahar receives an allowance of 5,000 rupees a month for himself and family. From Returns which have been received from India, it appears that certain temporary provisional allowances are given to 10 distinguished Afghan refugees, who loft Cabul with the British Army in August, 1880. The total amount of the grant is about 3,500 rupees a month. There are nine other Afghan dignitaries in India who receive an aggregate allowance of about 2,600 rupees a month.