§ MR. H. J. WILSON (York, W.R., Holmfirth)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, whether he has obtained the information asked for by him (the hon. Member for the Holmfirth Division) on the 12th June last, namely, whether the Treaties concluded with the Abor Tribes in Assam in 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; 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?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. H. H. Fowler, Wolver-hampton, E.)I have made the inquiry asked for by the hon. Member, and learn that the payment of rum and opium, as well as of other dues in kind, stipulated for in the Treaties, was commuted in 1877 to money payments aggregating Rs. 3,312 annually.