§ MR. WHITLEY THOMSON (Yorkshire, W.R., Skipton)To ask the Secretary of State for War if, in view of the fact that the material sent out in 1885 for the construction of the Suakin-Berber Railway is now stored in this country, he will consider the advisability of returning this material to Suakin and commencing the construction of this railway forthwith, with a view to providing cheap transit for cotton and other materials to the coast.
§ commencing with the action at Erego; also total cost up to date of Colonel Swaine's and General Manning's operations, and total estimated monthly cost at present.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The casualties are as follows:—
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The hon. Member had been misinformed. All the Suakin-Berber materials have been issued and utilised for other War Department services, the bulk having long since been disposed of in this way.