§ 49. Mr. Sloanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the sum that has been paid by the Exchequer to stockbrokers as commission on War Loan?
§ Sir K. WoodThe total commission paid to stockbrokers on War Loans since the commencement of the war amounts to £696,000, which represents commission, nearly all at the rate of one-eighth of one per cent., on total subscriptions of about £565,000,000.