MR. HERBERT ROBERTS (Denbighshire, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he will state what is the strength and total number of the several corps on military employment in those portions of the new province lying beyond the frontiers of British India, and whether he can state what troops compose this force; what is the number of British officers in charge of these trans-frontier troops; what is the estimated annual cost of these garrisons employed outside India; and from what revenue will the cost be defrayed.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord G. HAMILTON.) Middlesex, EalingMy answer is that which I gave to the question asked by the hon. Member on 15th March, 1901," viz., that there are no military outposts beyond the external frontier of British India.