HC Deb 24 July 1857 vol 147 c358
MR. CHEETHAM

said, he would beg to ask the President of the Board of Control, Why the return ordered by the House on the 3rd of March last in respect to Railways, Roads, and Navigable Canals in India has not been complied with.

MR. VERNON SMITH

replied, that it was necessary to obtain from India some of the information to which the Return referred, and, although application had been made for that information, it had not yet been received in this country.