§ 67. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any and, if so, what grant or loan in aid is made by Great Britain to the Government of Transjordania; whether the grant or loan includes one-half the cost of the Frontier Defence Force, of which the other half is paid by Palestine; whether Maan and Akaba are now included in Transjordania and the southern boundary delimited; and whether the Emir Abdulla is held to be ruler of this new territory?
§ Mr. AMERYThe sum of £92,000 was provided in the Middle Eastern Services Vote for 1926 as a, contribution to the Trans-Jordan Administration. In addition, the sum of £108,000 was provided in the same Vote as a grant-in-aid of the cost of the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force, a similar amount being borne on Palestine Funds. In 1927 the contribution to the Trans-Jordan Administration and the grant-in-aid of the Frontier Force will be reduced. Maan and Akaba, which, although within the territory under British mandate, had for a time been administered by the Hejaz Government, were in 1925 brought under the administration of the Trans-Jordan Government, of which his Highness the Emir Abdullah is the Head. The Southern boundary of Trans-Jordan has not yet been delimited.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODAre these grants-in-aid treated as grants or loans?
§ Colonel WEDGWOODIs that going to continue?