HC Deb 15 November 1888 vol 330 cc1244-5
MR. WATT (Glasgow, Camlachie)

asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he is aware that the Governor of the Colony of British Guiana, on or about the 14th of May last, received a Petition from the principal merchants and leading inhabitants of the Colony, praying for the construction of a railway to the North Western Frontier; and, whether the Governor of the Colony has forwarded such Petition to Her Majesty's Government; and, if so, whether he is now prepared to state what action, if any, the Government propose to take so as to comply with the wishes of the Colonists?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Baron HENRY DE WORMS), (Liverpool, East Toxteth)

, in reply, said, that such a Petition had been presented to the Governor, but the Governor had not forwarded it to Her Majesty's Government; and the Secretary of State was, therefore, not prepared to state what action the Government proposed to take in the matter.