§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will state whether the experiments made between Earl's Court and High Street, Kensington, with the object of introducing electric traction on the metropolitan underground railways, have proved satisfactory; and will he say whether there is any prospect of electric traction being introduced on these railways at an early date.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. RITCHIE,) CroydonThe necessary plant has been constructed 493 during the summer, and I understand that an experimental train will be run during the early part of November. I cannot say when electric traction will be introduced generally; that must depend, of course, on the result of experiments.