§ MR. MACLEAN (Oldham)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether there is any record in the India Office of the acceptance, by Rajah Chandra Kirti Sinh, of Manipur, in 1852, of the "very material alteration in the relations of the Government of India with Manipur," described in the Despatch from the Court of Directors of the East India Company of 5th May, 1852, which has just been presented to Parliament; and (2) whether there is any official correspondence to show what action was taken by the Government of India in 1885, on the death of Chandra Kirti Sinh, to secure the recognition by the new Rajah, deposed last year and now living in Calcutta, of the position assumed by the British Government of "pledged protectors of the Rajah"?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Sir J. GORST,) ChathamThe answer to the first paragraph of the question is in the negative. The answer to the second is in the affirmative. There is a Despatch of the 23rd of June, 1886, from the Chief Commissioner of Assam to the Government of India, and their reply of the 23rd of July.
§ MR. MACLEANWill the right hon. Gentleman produce these Papers?
§ SIR J. GORSTYes, Sir; if the hon. Member will move for them they will be given as an Unopposed Return.