§ Mr. G. NICHOLSONasked the Secretary of State for India whether he will provide a table showing the total expenditure on political services in the tribal areas of the North-West Frontier Province, giving the main headings under which this expenditure can be classified?
§ Sir S. HOAREI would refer my hon. Friend to pages 358–363 of the Finance and Revenue Accounts of the Government of India for 1932–33, a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mr. NICHOLSONasked the Secretary of State for India whether he will publish 2148W a table showing the area of and estimated population and number of rifles in each of the tribal areas in the North-West Frontier Province?
§ Sir S. HOAREThe following is the information asked for so far as it is available:
Agencies. Area in square miles. Estimated population in 1931. Malakand (Dir, Swat and Chitral). 11,383 902,075 Khyber 962 263,566 Kurram 739 63,352 North Waziristan 5,218 (including Bhittanni). 108,213 South Waziristan Tribal area under the Political Control of the Deputy Commissioner of: Hazara — 352,400 Peshawar 2,299 305,410 Kohat 1,493 128,900 Bannu (Bhittanni) — 22,160 Dera Ismail Khan 744 19,642 22,838 2,259,288 It is estimated that there are about 200,000 breech-loading and about 25,000 muzzle-loading rifles in the possession of the tribes.