§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Undersecretary for the Colonies whether his attention had been called to the statement made at the opening of the Johore Railway that it would be long before night trains could be run over the swamps owing to the imperfect construction of the line in those parts, notwithstanding that its construction departmentally has cost £792,000 more than the sum for which the Sultan and Government of Johore could have got an efficient line constructed; and will he give the House the reason for permitting such waste?
§ Colonel SEELYI am not aware that any such statement has been made officially. As I stated on the 20th of July, no comparison is possible between the line as now constructed and the light line for which an estimate of £608,000 was made eighteen years ago.