§ Mr. WATSON RUTHERFORDasked the Under-Secretary for the Colonies whether, having regard to the construction of the Panama Canal, the attention of his Department has been drawn to the absence of any dry dock accommodation in Jamaica; whether there is any dry dock nearer than Havana, in Cuba, at which British inter-colonial steamers can be docked; and whether some, or any, of the Government works at Port Royal recently abandoned could be made useful for such' trade purposes?
§ Colonel SEELYThe provision of a dry dock at Jamaica, if Government assistance is sought for such provision, is a matter which the Secretary of State must leave to the initiative of the Colonial Government. The Governor has so far made no proposals on the subject.