§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLasked the Under Secretary of State for India, If the Khyber Pass is to be held by British troops; if the Khost district is one of those assigned to the British Government; and, if the British troops are to leave Candahar at once; or, if not, whether, while they remain, that district is to be administered by British authorities or by Yakoob Khan?
§ MR. E. STANHOPEThe text of the Treaty with Yakoob Khan has given to the House the general character of the territorial arrangements between the two Governments. As regards the details for which the hon. Member asks, perhaps he will be good enough to repeat his Question on some later day, when I can give more accurate information. The British troops are not to leave Candahar at once; but the only reason for this delay is that it is unadvisable on sanitary grounds to move them until the commencement of the cold season.
§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLasked the hon. Gentleman to state, Whether, in the meantime, the Candahar districts were to be administered by the British or the representatives of the Ameer?
§ MR. E. STANHOPEPerhaps the hon. Baronet will repeat that Question also on a future day.