§ MR. LYELL (Dorsetshire, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is yet in a position to announce when a railway is to be sanctioned in Northern Nigeria from a point on the river to Zaria; and whether the proposed railway will be a light or a heavy one.
§ MR. LYTTELTONNo decision has been arrived at as to the construction of a railway in Northern Nigeria.