§ MR. CATHCART WASON (Orkney and Shetland)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the original cost of the Carib Canal in St. Vincent, and by whom was it borne.
§ THE UNDER - SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Colonel SEELY, Liverpool, Abercromby)I cannot supply the information, but the Governor will be asked to do so, if my hon. friend wishes.
§ *MR. LAMONT (Buteshire)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the disuse of the Carib freshwater Canal in the island of St. Vincent has prejudicially affected the districts which it formerly served; and whether its reopening is stated by the Governor of the Colony to be an essential preliminary to their development.
§ COLONEL SEELYYes, Sir, and recognising these considerations, the Secretary of State has agreed to a loan to Mr. Porter, in addition to the free grant of £1,600 already sanctioned, though not a loan from the invested portion of the Eruption Fund.