§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he can state in whom will be vested the property of the Suakin and Berber Railway when completed; by what title 1872 such property will be held, whether by right of conquest or by grant or concession; and, in the latter case, by what competent authority such grant or concession has been or will be given; and, what measures, if any, Her Majesty's Government have taken, or intend to take, for the custody, maintenance, and working of the line when British troops have left the country?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONThe railway, as at present in course of construction, is for military purposes. The question of the future, when the military exigencies shall have ceased or have been materially lessened, must be left for consideration under the circumstances that will then have arisen.