§ 16. Mr. WATTasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what facilities have been granted to Consuls and Vice-Consuls in Finland for the sending home to this country of their wives and children; and whether he can say what actual numbers of these families have been successfully got out of the country, and what numbers still remain?
Mr. BALFOURThere is only one Consular Officer of the Salaried Service in Finland at the present time, and his wife and family have been in England for some time past. I am not aware that any special facilities have been granted to the wives and families of the unsalaried officers. It is not possible to state the number of such families now remaining.