§ 64. Sir W. de FRECEasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if, taking the various cotton-producing countries within the Empire, he will state how many foreign steamship lines, trading between the ports of those countries and British ports, are subsidised by the Governments of the States to which they, respectively, belong; whether, in that case, he will state the amounts of these subsidies; and whether in any case there is any equivalent British subsidy for the carriage of mails or otherwise?
§ Mr. LUNNI have no official information as to the subsidies paid by foreign Governments to foreign steamship lines. Cyprus and Fiji subsidise mail services to Egypt and Vancouver, respectively, while Nigeria contributes its share towards the cost of the West African mail service.