§ 34. Mr. SWANasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions to state the cost to the State in laying and constructing the railway to Blandford and the total cost of taking persons and material to and from Blandford; and what it would have cost the State to have taken persons and material over a similar distance on any of the privately-owned rail ways?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY Of STATE for AIR (Major-General Seely)I have been asked to answer this question. I am informed that the net cost of the construction of the railway to Blandford (after deducting receipts from plant sold and traffic during construction) was £59,877. The line was handed over to the Railway Executive Committee on 1st July, 1919, by whom it has been since managed As to the remainder of the question, I would refer the hon. Gentleman to my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade.