§ Mr. FORRESTasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the source of supply of the second-hand rails, about 13,200 tons in all, provided for in the Estimates for the following lines: Thika Tana River, 68 miles, Kitale (Trans Nzoia), 43.7 miles, Solai Valley, 30.7 miles, Tana River-Nyeri, 33 miles; whether they are of British or foreign manufacture; whether the cost of the rails is included in the estimated cost of the lines; and whether the rails are transferred free of cost?
§ Mr. ORMSBY - GOREThe lower sections of the Uganda Railway main line are being relaid with 80 lb. rails, of British manufacture and the second-hand rails referred to in the question are the Uganda Railway 50 lb. rails which are being replaced. The new lines are charged with the estimated value of the second-hand rails, and in the latest case of the kind the value is taken at £750 a mile, plus the cost of transport up country.