§ MR. J. E. ELLIS (Nottingham, Rushcliffe)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, What was the total cost to the country, up to the 30th June last, of the Mission of Sir Henry Drummond Wolff to the East of Europe?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)Up to the 31st of December the accounts for the cost of the Mission amounted to £22,537 3s. 6d. Those for the last half-year have not yet been received; but we have reason to believe that the cost will not exceed £800 a-month, including telegrams and all other charges, making a total amount from the commencement of a little over £27,000. I must not be understood to state this sum as actual; but I believe that it is approximate.