§ MR. SLAGGasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether it is true that the sanction of the Secretary of State for India has been given to the construction of the Quetta Railway, and that the work will now be pushed on rapidly; and, whether it is intended to submit the important Frontier question involved in this step to the consideration of the House of Commons?
§ MR. J. K. CROSSThe sanction of the Secretary of State has been given to the construction of the Quetta Railway, and the work will be executed with due despatch. It is not intended to submit this Question, which is one of railway extension, to the House of Commons. With regard to the Question of the Frontier, my hon. Friend is doubtless aware that the President of the Local Government Board stated in this House, on behalf of Her Majesty's Government, on the 22nd of February last, that the administration of the Quetta district had been taken over by the Government of India, with the full concurrence of the Khan of Khelat.
§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLWill the railway be made from revenue?
§ MR. J. K. CROSSYes, Sir; it will be made from revenue.
§ MR. SLAGGsaid, he should take an early opportunity of calling attention to the Question of the Frontier.