§ SIR JAMES ELPHINSTONEasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether the final arrangements have been made for the construction of the Breakwater at Colombo; if the Government have granted aid to the Colony on as favourable terms as have been conceded to the Harbour of Arbroath, and other works in this Country; when the works are to be commenced; and, if any estimate has been made of the period required to complete the Breakwater?
§ MR. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSENSir, on the consent of the Ceylon Government, Sir John Code had been appointed consulting engineer to the work. Lord Kimberley was in communication with the Treasury as to the advance which the Colony desired to obtain from the Public Loan Commissioners. A detailed survey was being made, until the completion of which it was impossible to state the exact time for the commencement, or the probable time for the completion, of the work.