§ MR. R. W. PERKS (Lincolnshire, Louth)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many miles of the Uganda Railway have been laid and are ready for traffic; what was the total amount expended upon the railway works, including material, up to the 31st March last; and when the First Report and Statement of Accounts of the Railway Committee will be presented to Parliament?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. G. CURZON,) Lancashire, SouthportThe rails were at mile 58 on May 18. The completed portion of the line will not be open to traffic until after it has been inspected and passed. The final accounts have not yet come in from Mombasa, but the revised estimates of expenditure for 1896–97 amount to £387,000. The papers are in course of preparation and will probably be presented and distributed by the end of next month.