§ SIR GEORGE JENKINSONasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether any steps have yet been taken by Her Majesty's Government to carry into effect the recommendation made by the Select Committee on the Euphrates Valley Railway at the end of their Report last Session; and, if so, what has been the result; and, if not, whether it is their intention to carry out that recommendation; and, if so, when?
MR. GLADSTONE,in reply, said, he had made inquiries at the India Office, the result of which went to show that they had altogether limited their operations at present to railway construction, and had given up the practice of guaranteeing railways, and that they did not propose to take any steps with reference to the railway through the Euphrates Valley. As far as the British Government was concerned, he was not able to enter into any undertaking with respect to the Report of the Committee to which the hon. Baronet had referred.