§ SIR JOHN COLOMB (Tower Hamlets, Bow, &c.)asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether it is a fact that Sir Charles Metcalf and others have been engaged in making a survey in Bechuanaland for a railway; and, if so, by whose authority, and under what circumstances, has such survey been undertaken?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)Sir Charles Metcalf has, with others, made surveys for a railway in British Bechuanaland on behalf of the Bechuanaland Exploring Company, whom the Secretary of State had informed that—
Subject to the opinion of the Governor, who must, of course, be consulted before any definite undertaking could be given, it might be possible to entertain some, at all events, of the suggestions made for assisting the Company to construct and work such a railway.