§ MR. THOROLD ROGERSasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether there has been a raid recently on the road railway works on the Hurnai route, when several Native workmen were killed and wounded, and if he can state whether our political agent or the Khan of Khelat is responsible for the protection of those workmen; and, what arrangements are contemplated for the 1005 permanent protection of the men who are engaged in the Military Trans-Frontier Line, and at whose expense this protection will be accorded?
§ MR. J. K. CROSSNo official Report on this subject has yet been received; but it is believed that the fact is as stated by my hon. Friend. The protection of the workmen employed on the Hurnai road rests with our Political Agent, by whom also, in conjunction with the military authorities, the arrangements necessary for the permanent protection of the workmen will be made at the expense of the Government of India.