§ MR. SHEIL (Meath, S.)asked the Surveyor General of the Ordnance, in reference to the cost and distribution of the plant of the Suakin-Berber Railway, Whether the "storing" of a largo portion of this plant at Woolwich consists in leaving rails, engines, carriages, and trucks to rot and decay in the open air in a lonely spot on the Plumstead Marshes?
§ THE SURVEYOR GENERAL (Mr. NORTHCOTE) (Exeter)Of this railway plant the rails are properly stacked in the open, as is usual. The engines are under cover, and, having been thoroughly overhauled and repaired, are in better condition than when they left Suakin. The carriages and trucks are standing on rails in the open; they are kept in good order ready for use.
§ MR. CONYBEARE (Cornwall, Camborne)What is to become of them?
§ MR. NORTHCOTEAs I stated the other day, some of the rails are to be used in the construction of military railways; but a large proportion of the stock is to be sold.