HC Deb 23 March 1893 vol 10 cc882-3
MR. PIERPOINT

I bog to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies under what agreement with the French Government part of the Cyprus Tribute is assigned or paid to Turkish bondholders in France?

MR. S. BUXTON

There is no "agreement" with the French Government; but the money in question is paid to them in accordance with the legal principle that, if this country appropriates the surplus revenue of Cyprus to meet the liabilities of the Porte, France should be allowed to participate in the appropriation, as being one of the parties in whose favour the charge was made upon the general revenues of the Porte in case of default.