§ Major ARCHER-SHEEasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress is being made with the harbour works at Kilindini and the railway for conveying the Magadi Lake soda deposits, for which provision was made in the Estimates for the British East Africa Protectorate?
Mr. HARCOURTThe plans for the deep water pier at Kilindini have not yet been settled. The Magadi railway is not being built by the Government but by the company to which the concession of the soda deposits was granted. The money which is being provided by the Government is required for the improvement of the Uganda railway and for the purchase of new rolling stock, with a view to placing that railway in a position to deal with the additional traffic which will result from the working of the deposits.