§ MR. SNAPEI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether the statement of the Indian Press is true that there is an intended concentration of troops for the Hunza-Nagar Campaign; if so, why such a campaign in the remote region of the Himalayas is being undertaken; whether extensive damage occurred to the telegraphs and bridges recently constructed in those foreign territories; and will he present to the House a Return showing the total expenditure during the last three years of the various Expeditions beyond the Northern boundaries of India to Gilgit, Chilas, Hunza, and intervening places?
MR. G. RUSSELLThere is no such concentration of troops for a Hunza-Nagar Campaign. According to the latest accounts, Hunza and Nagar are perfectly tranquil. Damage has, it is believed, been done to telegraphs and bridges in the Kashmir territory. The Secretary of State will ask the Government of India to furnish a Return of the expenditure referred to.