§ 6. Mr. DALTONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the total estimated cost for 1926–27 of the British diplomatic establishment in Turkey; how many official residences, including summer residences, are being maintained; what is the total number of personnel employed; and how many of these are British subjects?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINThe total estimated cost for 1926–27 of the salaries and allowances of the British diplomatic establishment in Turkey is £24,943. One official residence is maintained at Constantinople and one house is rented at Angora. On the site of the old summer residence at Therapia, which was burnt down in 1912, and has not been rebuilt, there is a cottage owned by His Majesty's Government. The total number of personnel, including one officer at Angora, is 18, all of whom are British subjects.