§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)On behalf of the honourable Member for St. Patrick Division of Dublin, I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to state the number of railways actually constructed in the French, German, Belgian, Spanish, and Portuguese possessions on the West Coast of Africa, the places connected by those railways, the mileage in each case, and the dates of inception and completion; also the number of proposed railways for which surveys had been made, the districts over which the surveys had been made, and whether the lines actually constructed in West Africa belonged to different States or private companies.
The honourable Member also had the following Question on the Paper: — To ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to state the number of railways actually constructed in the Italian, French, German, and Portuguese possessions on the East Coast of Africa, the places connected by those railways, the mileage in each case, and the dates of their inception and completion; also the proposed railways for which surveys had been made and the districts over which the surveys had been made, and whether the railways actually constructed on the East Coast of Africa belonged to the State or private companies.
§ MR. BRODRICKThe Questions of the Honourable Member involve. 62 dif- 496 ferent points, which could only be presented as a Return, if the Intelligence Department are able to supply it. I will consider whether this can be done.