§ MR. R. SOUTTAR (Dumfriesshire)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, whether the Government of India has at present before it any project for completing the earthworks for the extension of the railway between New Chaman to Kandahar; whether any communication has been made to H.H. the Amir of Afghanistan on the subject; and, are any proposals being entertained by the Indian Government for the construction of a railway from Gwadar, on the Mekran Coast, to Seistun, and to the latter place from Nushki and Chageh, on the recently demarcated Beluch-Afghan line of our extreme sphere of influence?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONSo far as I am aware, neither of the projects referred to by the hon. Member is under the consideration of the Government of India, nor has any communication on the subject been made to the Amir.