§ MR. BUCHANAN (Aberdeenshire, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he will state what Indian troops are now serving outside the limits of India, and in what places; and whether the expenses of any of the troops so serving outside India are borne by the Indian Exchequer.
§ * THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingThe 1st Bengal Infantry, at the Mauritius, is the only regiment of the Indian Army now employed outside the limits of India. Besides these there are a certain number of volunteers from various Indian regiments who are in the service of the Uganda and other companies. The expenses of none of them are borne by the Indian Exchequer.