§ MR. W. S. CAINEI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies if the attention of the Secretary of State has been called to the demand for further railway extension in Ceylon; and, has he considered the desirability of encouraging the construction of railways and feeding lines of tramways by private enterprise in that colony; and, if so, will he instruct the Government of Ceylon to afford encouragement and grant facilities to those who may be desirous of promoting and constructing such lines?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarThe Government of Ceylon has shown great enterprise in extending the railway system of the colony, and there seems therefore no occasion to send any special instructions to them on the subject. Any well-considered scheme which may be brought to the notice of the Secretary of State will, of course, receive attention.