§ MR. LYNCH (Yorkshire, W.R., Ripon)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state the amount of the deficit in the Macedonian Budget for 1905, and the amount expended on military and on civil expenditure respectively; and whether he can give similar figures for 1904, and any estimate made by the Financial Commission for 1906 under the above heads.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. RUNCIMAN, Dewsbury; for Sir EDWARD GREY)The deficit in the Macedonian Budget for the year ending March 13th, 1906, was £687,855. The military expenditure for the same year was £1,303,161, and the civil expenditure £678,223. The deficit on the Macedonian Budget for the year ending March 13th, 1907, has been estimated at £747,778. The military expenditure for the same year has been estimated at £1,344,690, a reduction of £636,210 on that of 1904, and the civil expenditure at £768,697. The Financial Commission have not furnished any statistics for the year ending March 13th, 1905.