HC Deb 15 May 1919 vol 115 cc1822-3W

War Bonuses.

Salaries in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Spain, and Switzerland are payable as to £300 and half of remainder in currency at par, a war bonus being added to this, plus in the case of permanent diplomatists, such portion of their minimum private income as reckons for exchange compensation:—

War Bonus.
Norway 75 per cent.
Sweden 75 per cent.
Denmark 40 per cent.
Holland 60 per cent.
Spain 17½ per cent.
Switzerland 37½ per cent.
(All grades from Ambassador or Minister to Third Secretary.)

China—Salaries payable as to£300 and half of remainder in currency at par (i.e., $1 equals 2s.) (all grades).

Persia—Salaries payable as to£300 and half of remainder in currency at par (i.e., Krans 55 equals £1) plus war bonus of 30 per cent. (all grades).

Peru—War allowance to His Majesty's Minister, £150 per annum.

Panama—War allowance to His Majesty's Minister, £250 per annum.

Belgium—War allowance to His Majesty's Minister, £500 per annum.

War allowance to First Secretary, £225 per annum.

Roumania—War allowance to His Majesty's Minister (or Chargé ď Affaires), £1,000 per annum.

War Bonuses to First, Second, and Third Secretaries:

Married. Single.
United States of America £225 £110
France 225 110
Italy 225 110
Other countries (excluding those mentioned above) 110 60