§ SIR C. HILL (Shrewsbury)To ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the opinion expressed in Cd. 3561 by the Government inspector as to the value of the forests of Kenia, it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to undertake the constraction of a railway connecting the forests with the Uganda Railway; if not, whether they will entertain tenders for such construction by private individuals or companies; and whether it is their intention to work the forests as a Government undertaking or to let them out to contractors.
(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) I regret that I am unable at present to make any statement with regard to the matters raised in the first two parts of the hon. Member's Question. With regard to the last part of the Question, the proposal which is now under consideration is to work the forests as a Government undertaking, but to preserve them as Government forests and to let out the right of felling timber in them to private individuals.