§ LORD R. CECIL (Marylebone, E.)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Government have decided to subscribe £200 towards a German institute for seismological inquiries; whether any similar assistance has been given to any similar British institution; and, if not, what is the reason for this preference for foreign enterprise.
(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) A subcription of £160 a year is paid, not to a German institute for seismological inquiries, but to the International Seismic Association which His Majesty's Government have joined for a period of four 1383 years, as the share of this country in the expense of the central bureau. No subscription is paid to any other seismological institution.