§ 7. Mr. HIGHAMasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware of the congestion of produce on the Nigerian Railway; and whether he has considered the possibility of utilising between Lagos and this country some of the Woermann liners now in the possession of the Government, the cessation of the sailings of which has produced the congestion?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Mr. Harcourt)I am aware that recently there was considerable congestion of produce at Lagos awaiting shipment. Instructions were sent on the 23rd January that the prize ships captured at Duala, which are being sent to England by the Admiralty for adjudication, should land any cargo intended for West Africa at West African ports and utilise any space so left for shipping West African produce to this country.