§ 63. Captain A. Grahamasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Imperial Exchequer receives any financial contribution, other than those offered voluntarily for defence purposes, 1463 from any Crown Colony; and, if so, from which Colony, and for what purpose?
Mr. M. MacDonaldWith the permission of my hon. and gallant Friend, I will circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the contributions made by Colonial Governments to the Imperial Exchequer. Apart from the contributions made for the specific purposes mentioned in the statement and certain voluntary contributions towards defence the Imperial Exchequer receives no contributions from Colonial funds.
§ Following is the statement:
§ As indicated in Sub-head 2 of Head L of Vote I of the Army Estimates, contributions towards the cost of Imperial Defence are made by the Governments of certain Colonies in which Imperial garrisons are stationed. The amounts estimated to be received during the current year are as follow:
| £ | |
| Bermuda | 3,500 |
| Jamaica | 10,000 |
| *Cyprus | 14,000 |
| Mauritius | 59,000 |
| Ceylon | 216,000 |
| Straits Settlement | 700,000 |
| Hong Kong | 379,000 |
§ * The reason for the contribution made by the Government of Cyprus is explained in the Note to Sub-head A I of the Colonial and Middle Eastern Services Vote (Class II, Vote 8).
§ As indicated in Sub-head I of Head K of Vote 8 of the Air Estimates a number of Colonial Governments contribute towards the cost of the Empire air services. These contributions are as follow:
| £ | |
| Ceylon | 1,000 |
| Fiji | 100 |
| Hong Kong | 17,000 |
| Kenya | 9,000 |
| Mauritius | 400 |
| North Borneo | 200 |
| Northern Rhodesia | 2,000 |
| Nyasaland | 2,000 |
| Sarawak | 200 |
| Seychelles | 50 |
| Straits Settlements and Malay States | 20,000 |
| Tanganyika | 6,000 |
| Uganda | 6,000 |
| Zanzibar | 500 |
§ In addition, as indicated in Sub-head F of the Vote for Colonial and Middle Eastern services, it is estimated that the sum of £1,500 will be received from Colonial Governments during the current year in respect of contributions by Colonial Governments towards the cost of testing and marketing Colonial timbers and towards the cost of certain schemes met in the first instance from the funds of the Colonial Empire Marketing Board.