Sir J. D. REESasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the project for a railway from the coast to the interior of Somaliland is still alive or whether recent successes render such no longer necessary?
§ Lieut.-Colonel AMERYThere would certainly no longer be any military justification for considering the project of constructing a railway in British Somaliland. I hope, however, now that the Dervish incubus has been disposed of, that we shall be able to develop the resources of the Protectorate to a greater extent than has been possible hitherto, and the question of improving the means of communication in the Protectorate to this end is receiving careful consideration.