§ MR. WALROND (Devonshire, Tiverton)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the earliest date upon which a loan was guaranteed by the Imperial Government in favour of a self-governing Colony.
(Answered by Mr. Asquith.) In 1857, when a New Zealand loan of £500,000 was guaranteed.
§ MR. WALRONDTo ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the total amount of the loans of self-governing Colonies guaranteed by the Imperial Government during the last fifty years.
(Answered by Mr. Asquith.) £8,900,000.