§ SIR GEORGE BADEN-POWELLI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the benefits which such a connection would confer on the development of our West Indian Colonies, Her Majesty's Government have come to any conclusion with reference to the continuation to the British West Indian Colonies of the telegraphic cable communication from Halifax to Bermuda?
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe matter is engaging the active attention of Her Majesty's Government.