§ 21. Major RUGGLES-BRISEasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what has been the cost to the British Exchequer incurred as military and civil expenditure in respect of Tanganyika territory for the periods prior to the issue of the Mandate and subsequent to the issue of the Mandate, respectively?
§ Mr. AMERYThe sums paid by the Imperial Government to the Civil Administration in the way of grants and loans-in-aid of civil and military expenditure have been as follow:
| £ | |
| 1920–1921 | 330,000 |
| 1921–1922 | 914,000 |
| 1922–1923 | 800,000 |
| 1923–1924 | 750,000 |
| 1924–1925 | 350,000 |
| 1925–1926 | 350,000 |
§ No grant or loan-in-aid has been necessary since then. The Mandate was issued on 20th July, 1922.
§ Major RUGGLES-BRISEDoes that include the whole of the War expenditure?
§ Mr. AMERYNo, Sir; I begin after the War was over. I did not understand that my hon. and gallant Friend wished for the military cost of the War in Tanganyika.
§ Major RUGGLES-BRISEYes, Sir; that is part of the question. Would it be possible for the right hon. Gentleman to give me the information if I put down a question?
§ Colonel WEDGWOODIs there any distinction between grants and loans-in-aid? Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether all this money advanced in Tanganyika is registered as a debt against the Colony?
§ Mr. AMERYNo, Sir. In the early years it was a question of grants-in-aid. It is only in recent years that the Treasury have made it loans in aid.