§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is true that Sir Brand ford Griffith has proposed an official survey of railway routes within the British protectorate on the Gold Coast; if so, what are the proposed routes to be surveyed; is it also true that Captain Irvine Long, of the Royal Engineers, has been appointed to the command of the surveying expedition; and whether he is to be accompanied by an armed escort of Houssas, and what is the necessity of such an escort?
§ MR. BUXTONA preliminary survey is about to be undertaken with a view to ascertain the most practicable and expedient route for a railway or railways in the Gold Coast Colony. The question of what routes shall be surveyed will be decided in conference between the Governor and the officer in charge of the survey—namely, Captain J. Irvine Long, R.E. It will be, of course, the Governor's duty to take such precautions as he may deem necessary to secure the safety of Captain Long and his party.