MR. BRYN ROBERTS (Carnarvonshire, Eifion)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether any application has been made to Her Majesty's Government 'for a guarantee by this country of a loan or advance of money to enable any portion of Mr. Rhodes' project of a railway from the Cape to Egypt to be carried out; and, if so, what reply has been given by Her Majesty's Government?
§ THE FIRST LORD OP THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.Proposals on this subject have been brought before the Government, but so far no arrangement has been come to.