§ MR. BUCHANAN (Aberdeenshire, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will lay a Return before the House giving the expenditure for the year 1898 in various colonies and places affected by the Colonial Loans Bill, in supplement of the Return just issued, which gives the revenue only.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINI shall be very glad to give the hon. Gentleman what he wishes for; but there are many things which must be taken into consideration, and in some cases the expenditure for a given year does not represent the normal expenditure.