Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Journal of the Royal Colonial Institute, Vol. 24: Part 1; December 1892
Of Government railways there were 197 m. 71 ch. 531. Open, and of private lines, 452 m. 56 ch. Open. The number under construction were, Government railways 111 miles, private railways 176 m. 56 ch. Those under survey were 258 miles in length. Of telegraphs there were open miles of poles and miles of wire. 67 9315 miles were under construction.
The total imports amounted to Of these, came from the United Kingdom, from British Colonies, and from foreign countries.
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