§ MR. CHARLES HOBHOUSE (Bristol, E.)To ask the Secretary of State for India if he will state what was the surplus of revenue for Somaliland up to the time of its transfer to the Foreign Office; and whether he can give the income and expenditure for each of the years from 1888 to 1898.
§ (Answered by Secretary Lord George Hamilton.) The total surplus of revenue 1508 over expenditure was Rx.15,963. The figures are as follows—1887–8, Revenue Rx.19,086, Expenditure Rx.20,315; 1888–9, Revenue Rx.20,989, Expenditure Rx.17,666; 1889–90, Revenue Rx.15,565, Expenditure Rx.23,384; 1890–91, Revenue Rx.21,568, Expenditure Rx.22,529; 1891–2, Revenue Rx.18,461, Expenditure Rx.26,730; 1892–3, Revenue Rx.21,978, Expenditure, Rx.29,121; 1893–4, Revenue Rx.23,150, Expenditure Rx.22,208; 1894–5, Revenue Rx.28,016, Expenditure Rx. 20,751; 1895–6, Revenue Rx.33,084, Expenditure Rx.22,027; 1896–7, Revenue Rx.31,894, Expenditure Rx.23,486; 1897–8, Revenue Rx.31,230,Expenditure Rx.20,841; Total Revenue Rx.265,021; Total Expenditure Rx.249,058.