§ MR. BRADLAUGH (Northampton)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the Government of India has before it a proposal for the construction of a railway from Chittagong to Dibrugarh; whether one of the conditions of the proposal is the concession of land and of certain coal and petroleum rights; and, whether he can state the full particulars of the proposal, and by whom such proposal is made?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)The Secretary of State has received two such proposals, which have been sent to the Government of India for consideration and report. Until a reply has been received, it is undesirable that the particulars should be made public.