§ 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. CHAMBERLAINThe 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. J. CHAMBERLAINNo, Sir.