Government Purchase of South African Railway.

HC Deb 08 February 1904 vol 129 c577

MR. BUCHANAN

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the purchase by the Government of the railways in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony has been completed; and what is the total amount paid for that purpose under the South African Loan Act of last year.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. LYTTELTON,) Warwick and Leamington

The purchase has not yet been completed. The amount paid so far is about £11,000,000.