§ 1. Sir NICHOLAS GRATTAN-DOYLEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what proportion of the total costs of the League of Nations is borne, respectively, by the other members of the League excluding Great Britain, France, and Italy?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir Austen Chamberlain)As the details asked for by the hon. Member involve many figures, I will, with his permission, Circulate them in the OFFCIAL REPORT.
§ Sir FREDRIC WISEMay I ask whether the voting power is pro rata to the amount paid by the various nations?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINNo. That would destroy the work of the League.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODWould it be possible to ensure that the contributions of these nations who constitute the Council of the League should at least be equal, so that membership of the League should involve an equal obligation on all nations, members of the League of Nations to enjoy that privilege?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINNo, I think that question shows a complete misapprehension of the character of the League of Nations. If you are to set up a money qualification for the Council that the 1897 State with the smallest revenue shall pay the same contribution as the State with the largest revenue, you could not carry on the League as now constituted.
§ Following is the answer:
§ Scale of allocation of the expenses of the League for 1926, 1927 and 1928 for countries other than Great Britian, France and Italy:
| Country. | Units. |
| Abyssinia | 2 |
| Albania | 1 |
| Argentine | 29 |
| Australia | 27 |
| Austria | 8 |
| Belgium | 18 |
| Bolivia | 4 |
| Brazil | 29 |
| Bulgaria | 5 |
| Canada | 35 |
| Chile | 14 |
| China | 46 |
| Colombia | 6 |
| Costa, Rica | 1 |
| Cuba | 9 |
| Czechoslovakia | 29 |
| Lenmark | 12 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 |
| Esthonia | 3 |
| Finland | 10 |
| Greece | 7 |
| Guatemala. | 1 |
| Harti | 1 |
| Honduras | 1 |
| Hungary | 8 |
| India | 56 |
| Irish Free State | 10 |
| Japan | 60 |
| Latvia | 3 |
| Liberia | 1 |
| Lithuania | 4 |
| Luxemburg | 1 |
| Netherlands | 23 |
| New Zealand | 10 |
| Nicaragua | 1 |
| Norway | 9 |
| Panama | 1 |
| Paraguay | 1 |
| Persia | 5 |
| Peru | 9 |
| Poland | 32 |
| Portugal | 6 |
| Roumania | 22 |
| Salvador | 1 |
| Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Kingdom of) | 20 |
| Siam | 9 |
| Spain | 40 |
| Country. | Units. |
| South Africa (Union of) | 15 |
| Sweden | 18 |
| Switzerland | 17 |
| Uruguay | 7 |
| Venezuela | 5 |
| 693 | |
| Total number of units, 937. |