§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state on whose recommendation the late 465W chief British accountant on the Kowloon Railway, recently convicted of embezzlement, was employed; and, if not known, whether he will have inquiry made and the person identified, with a view to holding him, if in the service of the Crown Agents, answerable for the loss caused by his nominee?
§ Colonel SEELYThe person referred to was employed on the Chinese section of the railway. I do not know on whose recommendation he was employed, and the matter is not one which concerns either the Crown Agents or the Colonial Office.
§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Under-Secretary for the Colonies whether the Colonial Office has given its approval to the present proposals for working the new Kowloon Railway, including a provision of 100,000 dollars for traffic expenses, an expected revenue of 20,000 dollars, and a traffic manager with £2,000 a year for salary and allowances; and if he will state on whose recommendation this latter appointment has been made; and with what staff and what amount of salaries this railway, 20 miles long, is to be provided?
§ Colonel SEELYThe proposals for working the line have not yet been submitted to the Secretary of State.