§ ADMIRAL FIELD (Sussex, Eastbourne)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State 114 for the Colonies, whether the Secretary of State has considered the statement made in Colonial Report No. 108 (Trinidad and Tobago), page 35, by Mr. Commissioner Hay, on the subject of heliographic and telegraphic communication between the two islands; and, seeing that the former system has failed on trial, he will now sanction and advise that telegraphic communication be forthwith established between them, and thus facilitate the proper carrying on of the government of the two islands under one administration, as directed by Order in Council, 17th November, 1888?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Baron H. de WORMS, Liverpool, East Toxteth)The importance of establishing telegraphic communication with Tobago has not been overlooked, and it is hoped that the Revenue of that island may, before long, be able to bear the cost.