§ COLONEL SIR HOWARD VINCENTI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State 481 for Foreign Affairs what grant will be proposed from public funds for the representation of the United Kingdom at the Paris Exhibition of 1900: and if he can state what sums Germany, the United States, and Italy propose to allocate for the representation of their national industries?
MR. CURZONIt is proposed to ask Parliament for a gram of £75,000 to provide for the expenses connected with the British section. The German Government has sanctioned a grant-in-aid of five million marks, or about £250,000. The United States Government have made a Treasury estimate of $350,000, or about £70,000. In Italy nothing has yet been officially settled as to the exact amount to be devoted to this purpose.
§ SIR HOWARD VINCENTI shall call attention to this matter on a future occasion.