§ MR. SLAGG (Burnley)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, If he will supply to the House details of the number of troops which have been employed in the operations connected with the pacification of Upper Burmah to the end of 1887; also the total cost of those operations, so far as it can be ascertained, up to that time?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)The number of troops employed in Upper Burmah has been continually fluctuating. The greatest was in February, 1887:—British, 6,781; Native, 21,078; total, 27,859. At the end of 1887 it was:— British, 3,791; Native, 14,275; total, 18,066. The extra Army charges in Upper Burmah were: —1885–6, Rs. x 605,000; 1886–7. Rs. x 1,160,000; 1887–8 (estimated), Rs. x 1,350,000; total to March 31, 1888, Rs. x 3,115,000.