MR. MACDONALD CAMERON (Wick, & c.)asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he is prepared to recommend the extension of the railway from Nannoya to Haputale, in the Island of Ceylon; whether he is aware that in answer to a Question on this subject, put to his Predecessor in Office on the 12th of May, 1887, he replied, that—
The extension could not be undertaken by Government in the present financial condition of the Colony, but that a Private Company would be at liberty to take it up;and, whether, should the Government still be indisposed to proceed with the construction of the proposed extension, he will permit a Private Company to proceed with it, or to construct an alternative line to tap the traffic of the Uva district?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)The Governor of the Colony has recently been informed that the Secretary of State is now satisfied that the proposed extension 1298 may be undertaken by the Colonial Government. Consequently no question arises as to the formation of a Private Company.