§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Under-Secretary if he had yet received the revised estimate of cost and alleged profits of the Kowloon Railway which the chief resident engineer was preparing last August; if he would give an abstract showing how it was contended that the railway can ever pay in competition with the shorter river which had cost nothing; whether the same resident engineer still holds office; and, if not, would he state the cause of the change?
§ Colonel SEELYThe answer to the first part of the hon. Member's question is in the negative. As to the second part, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given to his question on 30th August. A new chief resident engineer has been appointed owing to the resignation of the officer lately holding the appointment.