HC Deb 19 March 1903 vol 119 c1225
MR. LOUGH (Islington, W.)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the £250.000 granted by Parliament in July last for the relief of the West Indies has been distributed; and, if so, what amount has been apportioned to each Colony, and on what principle the distribution has taken place.

MR. J. CHAMBERLAIN

The following distribution of the grant has been made—Barbadoes. £80,000; British Guiana, £69,000; Jamaica, £10,000; Trinidad, £41,000; St. Lucia, £3,000; Antigua, £13,500; St. Kitts-Nevis, £4,100; Montserrat, £600. A sum of £18,800 remains as yet unappropriated, but will probably be mainly allotted to Antigua. In distributing the grant, regard has been had to the relative necessities of the several Colonies, and to their average exports of sugar.

MR. LOUGH

Was the distribution made exclusively to the owners of sugar estates?

MR. J. CHAMBERLAIN

No, Sir.