§ 76. Sir FREDRIC WISEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the costs of the Armies of Occupation account, and the expenses of the office for reparation payments, and of the Inter-Allied Commissions from January to 30th June, respectively?
Mr. GUINNESSThe answer contains a number of figures, and, with the hon. Member's permission, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Sir F. WISECould my right hon. Friend state the percentage of the expenses to the amount received?
§ Following is the answer:
§ According to the Statements of Receipts and Expenditure issued by the Agent-General for Reparation Payments, the payments made by him from 1st January, 1925, to 30th June, 1925, in respect of the 1287 costs and expenses referred to in the question were as follows:
| Armies of Occupation. | Gold marks |
| Reichsmarks supplied | 22,178,138.20 |
| Requisitions and furnishings under Articles 6 and 8 to 12 of the Rhineland Agreement (provisional figures) | 56,081,185.63 |
§ These payments represent only the costs met in Reichsmarks. The balance, in so far as such cost is a charge on the Dawes Annuities under the Agreement of 14th January, 1925, falls to be met out of the receipts of the Occupying Powers from deliveries in kind (including Reparation Recovery Acts). It may be roughly estimated at about 60,000,000 gold marks.
| Expenses of: | |
| Office for Reparation Payments in Berlin | 2,214,450.15 |
| Reparation Commission | 2,267,505.83 |
| Rhineland Commission | 2,442,027.52 |
| Military Commission of Control | 3,263,333,33 |