§ SIR R. ASSHETON CROSSasked the Under Secretary of State for India, What progress has now been made in the Railway from Sibi in the direction of Candahar, the works upon which Railway were suspended in 1880–81, according to the Report upon Railways in India for that year; and, when the works were recommenced?
§ MR. J. K. CROSSNo particulars in addition to those communicated to the House on March 12 have yet been received from the Government of India concerning the progress on the Quetta Railway; but we know that the works are being vigorously prosecuted, and they may be completed at an earlier period than was then anticipated. They were recommenced in May of last year.