§ * SIR BRAMPTON GURDON (Norfolk, N.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, if it be impossible to assist the British Central African Protectorate with a direct grant, Her Majesty's Government will be prepared to guarantee a loan for the construction of a railway from Chiromo to Lake Nyassa.
§ * MR. BRODRICKHer Majesty's Government are not prepared at present to undertake such a railway, or to guarantee a loan for its construction.