§ MR. CHARLES DEVLIN (Galway)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to a speech delivered by His Excellency the Governor-General of Canada, advocating the Galway route for the transmission of mails and merchandise across the Atlantic; and whether it is intended to discuss this subject at the Colonial Conference of 1906.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. LYTTELTON, Warwick and Leamington)I have not seen any report of the speech referred to by the hon. Member. Without expressing 1392 any opinion with regard to this particular scheme, of which I have little knowledge, the question of such a service appears eminently suitable for discussion at the next Colonial Conference.