§ SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE (Exeter)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can state the amount of money proposed to be granted by the German Government towards the cost of German exhibits at the Paris Exhibition in 1900?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. GEORGE CURZON,) Lancashire, SouthportThe German Government has included a preliminary grant of 50,000 marks (£2,500) in the Budget for 1897–8; the total expenditure is at present calculated at 5,000,000 marks (£250,000) to be distributed over the Budgets of the three succeeding years.
§ SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTEI beg to ask the, Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount of the grant proposed by Her Majesty's Government towards the expenses of the British Exhibitors' Section in the Paris International Exhibition of 1900?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir MICHAEL HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.Having considered the expenditure on the British exhibitors' section at other important international exhibitions, we think that £75,000 should amply suffice for the expenses of the British exhibitors' section in the Paris International Exhibition of 1900.