§ MR. WATT (Glasgow, Camlachie)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the Government are aware of the fact that the contractors have despatched, or are about to despatch, plant to Guacipati, so as to commence from there the construction of the railway to the Orinoco, notwithstanding the Proclamation of Her Majesty's Government, dated December 31, 1887?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)No such information has reached the Foreign Office.