and engineering journal . a Railway to Turbo on the fertile Uasm Gishuplateau to north-east of Victoria Nyanza. Work—to cost£2,000,000—will shortly commence. The new railway will,it is anticipated, be continued later into Uganda and formthe connecting link between Mombasa and the Cape to Cairo i( Kite. # # * Another new railway proposed is to run from Windhuk,capital of the South-West Protectorate, easterly to Gobabis,for about 132 miles at a est estimated at £7267000. Gobabisis one of the chief settlements in the eastern portion of theProtectorate, and, having numerous fresh water s
and engineering journal . a Railway to Turbo on the fertile Uasm Gishuplateau to north-east of Victoria Nyanza. Work—to cost£2,000,000—will shortly commence. The new railway will,it is anticipated, be continued later into Uganda and formthe connecting link between Mombasa and the Cape to Cairo i( Kite. # # * Another new railway proposed is to run from Windhuk,capital of the South-West Protectorate, easterly to Gobabis,for about 132 miles at a est estimated at £7267000. Gobabisis one of the chief settlements in the eastern portion of theProtectorate, and, having numerous fresh water springs inits vicinity, is the centre of one of the few districts whereagriculture is feasible. Maize is the principal crop.* # # » The three maps given herewith exhibit the routes of thesethree new railway lines. 1 I I lA %\ n hL )i %{( 1 f *» •If rJOHNSTON. // ^_^ r| ^-^ PROJECTED LINE 3 Ablan TV a B^« LUCHENZA >^ ^ s CHINDIO (3 ^QUILIMANE luMTALI^ 1 X / THE r 1 6eira. BEIRA- ZAMBESI RAILWAY NOW PRACTICALLY COMPLETED. SOUTH WEST AFRICAPROT New Railway for the Protectorate. A projected linefrom Windhuk eastwards, which will open up a rich agricul-tural area. MT ELGON, UASIN GISHUPLATEAU NAKURU. *- MT KENYA
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