§ MASTER OF ELIBANK (Edinburgh, Midlothian)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will state in detail the amount of the annual subsidies paid to the Royal Mail Steamship Company by the Governments of the West Indies and British Guiana respectively, and also whether he will state whether any of these Governments approves the new contracts with the Elder, Dempster Line; and, if so, which Government; and whether such approval was carried by the nominated official vote, acting under instructions.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.)The annual contributions at present made by the Colonial Governments to the subsidy paid by His Majesty's Govern 818 ment to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company are as follows—
| £ | |
| Trinidad (including a special contribution of £5,000 paid to the company for placing the colony on their main line) | 9,600 |
| British Guiana | 4,200 |
| Barbados | 4,000 |
| Jamaica | 2,100 |
| Grenada | 1,000 |
| St. Lucia | 1,000 |
| Antigua | 1,000 |
| St. Vincent | 450 |
| Dominica | 450 |
| St. Kitts-Nevis | 550 |
| Montserrat | 200 |
| Virgin Islands | 50 |