§ SIR R. TEMPLE (Worcester, Evesham)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, since the Royal Proclamations of 1886 and 1887 relating to the interior of the Colony of British Guiana, any surveys have been made thereof, or steps taken to exploit and develop the same by means of railways or other means of communication, with a view to its colonisation?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. STUART WORTLEY,) (for Baron H. de WORMS) Sheffield, HallamExtensive surveys have been made on the Rivers Amacoora, Barima, and Barama, in the North-West District of the colony, during the past two years. A scheme for combined railway and river communication between Georgetown and the gold districts in the interior of the colony was recently submitted by the Colonial Government to the Combined Court, but was rejected by that Body. The Governor has appointed a Commission to investigate and recommend the adoption of railways or tramways, or other means, to give greater facilities for reaching the gold fields. This Commission is now at work.