§ MR. MACFARLANEasked the Secretary of State for India, If it is proposed to abandon, as a total loss, the line of Railway lately constructed from our Indian frontier to Sibi; or whether he will take into consideration the desirability of making some arrangement with Abdur Rahman for its continuation to Pisheen or to Candahar?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONSir, I have no reason to suppose that there is any intention to abandon the railway lately constructed from our Indian Frontier as far as Sibi and the entrance to the Bolan Pass; but as to any further prolongation of it, I do not think it possible for the Government of India to come to any final decision until some further determination has been arrived at with regard to the occupation of Pishin and the surrounding district.