§ MR. LAIDLAWI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the total cost of constructing the Wesley College at Colombo, built by a contractor, with boarding accommodation for 450 boys, and the Public Works Department estimate for the new Royal College for 350 boys, without boarding accommodation; and the cost per cubic foot, respectively, of the two colleges.
§ COLONEL SEELYI understand that the cost of the Wesley College was Rs.175,000 without the principal's house, or 43 cents per cubic foot, and that the estimates prepared by the Ceylon Public Works Department for the new Royal College involved a cost of Rs.296,260 without the principal's house, or about 90 cents per cubic foot. The Ceylon Government have, however, given instructions for the preparation of new plans for the Royal College at a cost not exceeding Rs.125,000.