§ 1. Brigadier-General SURTEESasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether two harbour schemes are now being carried out or planned at Kilindini, in East Africa; and whether, owing to the need for road building and railway construction in the Colony, he will reconsider the spending of a million sterling on these schemes?
§ Lieut.-Colonel AMERYArrangements for the execution of the Government harbour scheme at Kilindini are in active pre-1228W paration. The suggestion that, as an alternative, the Government should associate itself with a private scheme for a port at another part of Mombasa Island was negatived after careful consideration with the Secretary of State's technical advisers and the Governor of the Colony. The persons interested in the private scheme have full liberty to proceed with it, but it is not known whether they are doing so. I can assure my hon. and gallant Friend that the Colony's requirements in railway and road construction are not being overlooked, but the provision of adequate terminal facilities is an essential part of the development of the country.