HC Deb 02 May 1902 vol 107 cc559-60
MR. WEIR

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will explain how the sum of £1,000, which appears in the Diplomatic and Consular Estimates as rent allowances in Japan, is made up.

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord CRANBORNE,) Rochester

This sum is taken to provide lodging allowances at those stations where there is no Government residence.