§ MR. WATT (Glasgow, Camlachie)asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether the Government have received a Petition, signed by the principal merchants and leading inhabitants of the Colony of British Guiana, praying for the construction of a railway to the North-Western Frontier; and, whether he is prepared to state what action, if any, the Government propose to take, so as, if possible, to comply with the wishes of the Colonists?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)(who replied) said: No such Petition has been received at the Colonial Office.