§ 9. Mr. SPENCEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of acres of land purchased by the late Government from the Bukit Sembawang Rubber Company, Limited, with the object of establishing a naval base at Singapore; the price paid per acre; the number of acres of land recently purchased now leased to the Bukit Sembawang Rubber Company; when the lease contract was formed; the terms of lease; the monthly rental realised; and as to whether the land leased was fully cultivated for rubber production?
Mr. ALEXANDERThe reply to the first part of the question is none, as the land for the projected naval base was acquired by the Government of the Straits Settlements. We have no information as to what transactions have passed in the Colony with regard to it.