§ MR. PIERPOINT (Warrington)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer—(1) what amount of the Cyprus tribute is retained for the Sinking Fund of the 1855 Turkish Guaranteed Loan; (2) what amount of money out of the Cyprus tribute has been paid to the French Government in repayment of interest paid by France under its guarantee of 1855; and (3) what was the date of such payment?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERThe answer to the first question is, about £10,000 a year; to the second, £33,000; and to the third, in the year 1881–2.