§ MR. NORMANI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his official information enables him to state when the Uganda Railway will be completed; whether it will be completed for the sum of money already voted by Parliament; or whether he proposes to ask Parliament to vote a further sum; and, if so, what sum.
§ LORD CRANBORNEAs the House is aware, the rails reached the lake on the 20th of December last. We hope that the permanent alignment will be completed by September next. As regards the expense, I am afraid that there will be a considerable excess in the final cost over the sum voted by Parliament, but I am not able to give the figures of the estimated excess until the return of the Managing Member of the Uganda Railway Committee, who is now engaged in inspecting the line, and may be expected to be home again in the course of next month.