§ SIR HENRY HAVELOCK-ALLAN (Durham, S.E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether the Secretary of State and the Government of India will consider the claims of the force which composed the Zhob Valley Expedition, detached from Quetta, under Brigadier General Sir Oriel Tanner, during September to December, 1884, to the Frontier Medal, as a recognition of the valuable services rendered by that force, exposed to much sickness and hardship, in restoring order amongst the tribes of the Zhob Valley, after their defeat at the action of Dowlutzai, and considering that the Frontier Medal has been recently granted to the Hazura and Sikkim Expeditions, and that the warm approval of the Government of India was awarded to the Quetta Field Force?
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir J. FERGUSSON,) Manchester, N.E.In the absence of my right hon. Friend, I beg to say that the Secretary of State can add nothing to the answers which were given to similar questions in this House on the 4th of May, 1885, and the 18th of March and 16th of April, 1886. The services of the troops who took part in the expedition were recognised by the Government of India and by the Secretary of State. No further recognition is considered necessary.