§ 60. Lieut.-Commander Fletcherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total expenditure incurred by His Majesty's Government in 1927, under all 1885 headings, in connection with the movement of Military, Naval, and Air Forces to and at Shanghai, in order to safeguard British interests there?
§ Sir J. SimonI cannot give figures for the calendar year 1927, but the statements appended to the Appropriation Accounts for Navy, Army and Air Services, 1927, show that the approximate amount of additional expenditure incurred in the financial year 1927–28, in connection with the situation in China, amounted to £3,112,980 for all three Defence Services.