§ MR. H. J. WILSON (York, W.R., Holmfirth)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether the Treaties concluded with the Abor tribes in Assam in the years 1862, 1863, and 1866 are still operative; whether the British Government is still under obligation to pay yearly to the Meyong Abors 80 bottles of rum and two seers of opium, to the Kebang Abors 40 bottles of rum and two seers of opium, to the Abors of Dehang Debang Doars 100 bottles of rum, and to the Bor Abors 100 bottles of rum and two seers of opium; and whether these payments are still made; and, if not, when they ceased to be paid, and what has been substituted?
§ MR. H. H. FOWLERI am unable to say whether the Treaties to which the hon. Member refers are still operative. I cannot, therefore, answer his other 903 questions; but I will make inquiry on the subject.