§ MR. MITCHELL-THOMSONI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received from British Honduras a petition expressing the desire of the community that His Majesty's Government should facilitate the construction of a railway westward from Belize; and when he will lay Papers giving the views of His Majesty's Government upon the whole question of railway construction in the Colony.
§ COLONEL SEELYThe Secretary of State has just received the petition referred to by the hon. Member, and it is now under his consideration. In the present position of the matter it would be premature to lay Papers, but the question of doing so will be duly considered hereafter.