§ 42. Mr. ORMSBY-GOREasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what action is being taken on the Report of Mr. E. Gillman on the project for a new railway to open up the south-west of Tanganyika territory; whether the proposal has yet been submitted to the Advisory Committee under the recent Colonial Development Act: and whether it is the decision of His Majesty's Government to proceed as soon as possible with the construction of such a railway?
§ Dr. SHIELSMr. Gillman's Report is a summarised version of surveys, which have been carried out during the last few years, of routes for a projected railway from some point on the Tanganyika Central Railway to a point on the Northern Rhodesia border. The alternatives discussed in the Report require further examination locally before the Governor can submit definite proposals, but, as soon as he is in a position to make a recommendation, it will be promptly considered and referred to the Colonial Development Committee.