§ MR. BUCHANANTo ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will state the amounts spent under the South African Loan Act for the various purposes enumerated in the Schedule to the Act.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) As I am not at present in possession of Returns of local expenditure on Guaranteed Loan Account up to date, I can only give approximate figures, which are as follows: I. A. (Repaid to Imperial Treasury) £1,500,000 (actual). B. (Repaid to Imperial Treasury) £2,482,700 (actual). C. (Paid to Cape and Natal, but there may have been further local 846 expenditure) £1,500,000 (actual). II. (Including repayment of £1,000,000 to Imperial Exchequer for rolling stock) £12,000,000 (estimate). III. A. (Repaid to Imperial Treasury) £3,000,000 (actual). B. (Repaid to Imperial Treasury)†£2,000,000 (estimate). IV. A. (Repaid to Imperial Treasury) £1,600,000 (estimate). B. (Repaid to Imperial Treasury)†£1,800,000 (estimate). C. (Repaid to Imperial Treasury) £600,000 (estimate). Total £26,482,700.