HC Deb 13 March 1893 vol 9 cc1861-2
SIR WILLIAM MARRIOTT (Brighton)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government have any information of the intention of the Egyptian Authorities to extend the railway up the Nile Valley towards the Egyptian frontier, and if any Correspondence has passed between the two Governments upon the subject; and, if so, whether there is any objection to laying such Correspondence upon the Table of the House?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, Berwick

The last information we have on the subject was received in February, 1892. It was then stated that the Upper Egypt Railway was being continued to Girzeh, and was expected to be finished in about a year. As far as Her Majesty's Government are aware, nothing has been decided as to any further extension.