§ MR. W. S. CAINEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India what total expenditure has been incurred in the military, political, and transport operations carried on during the last three years beyond the northern frontiers of India, at Gilgit, Hunza, Chitral, and Chilas, and what portion, if any, has been borne by Kashmir; and will any Papers be laid presently upon the Table of the House bearing on the recently reported disturbances in the Hindu Kush?
§ MR. H. H. FOWLERI can give the House a Return of the expenditure incurred on these frontiers up to the end of 1892–3, but for figures of a later date, and for the expenditure incurred by the Kashmir State, I should have to ask the Government of India. If the hon. Member alludes to the disturbances in Chitral, the information at my disposal is not sufficiently complete to enable me to lay Papers yet before the House.