§ SIR DENHAM NORREYSsaid, he would beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Her Majesty's Government proposed to take any steps to establish telegraphic communication between England and India?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, that a company had been formed for the purpose, with the intention of making the line by the way of Seleucia up to Ja'bir Castle in the Persian Gulf. The Government and the East India Company had agreed to an arrangement with the Company, which involved various conditions, and by which they were prepared, when the work was completed to assist it as far as to guarantee certain interest to the shareholders under certain conditions. He should be prepared, if the hon. Gentleman wished it, to lay the Minute drawn up on the subject upon the table of the House.
§ SIR DENHAM NORREYSsaid, he hoped the right hon. Gentleman would lay the Minute on the table.