§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Secretary of State if he will state the amount of the Chinese indemnity to the United States of America in respect of the Boxer outbreak in 1900, which the United States Government remitted for the education of Chinese students in the United States; and, having regard to the losses which the British Government assist certain British subjects in imposing upon China in respect of railway projects, whether an equal sum will be set apart by this Government, or by its protégés, for the education of Chinese students in the United Kingdom?
§ Sir E. GREYI understand that a joint Resolution was passed by Congress and approved by the President of the United States in 1907, reducing the indemnity to be paid by China from 24,440,778 dollars to 13,655,492 dollars. As regards the British claim, that of His Majesty's Government was assessed as far as possible only on the basis of actual expenditure. Should it eventually be found when fully liquidated that there is any surplus, it will be returned to the Chinese Government, and its disposal would be left to their discretion. As regards the last part of the question, I am not prepared to answer further questions conveying unfounded imputations, such as those contained therein.