§ MR. BRIGG (Yorkshire, W.R., Keighley)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury what amount is still owing to this country on account of the Pekin indemnity; and how long is it overdue.
(Answered by Mr. Hobhouse.) The total indemnity payable by China was fixed at 450,000,000 taels. Of this total the British share is 50,620,545 taels. Under the terms of the Protocol the indemnity is to be paid by annuities extending over the period to 1940. These annuities are being paid punctually and fully, and no part of the sum is overdue.