§ MR. WEBSTER (St. Pancras, E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Mr. Cecil Rhodes is at the present time proceeding to Fort Beira to take that route to Fort Salisbury, in Mashonaland; if, at the present time, a large section of that railway is completed and ready for formal opening; and if the route to Mashonaland, viâ the Matabele country, is or is not in any way interrupted?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. S. BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarWe understand that Mr. Rhodes' primary object in going to Beira is to open the completed portion of the railway, which we are informed is about 74 miles. I informed the hon. Gentleman yesterday that, as far as we are aware, the various land routes into Mashonaland are open.