§ Sir F. WISEasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the British Government continues to collect sums from the Cypriote people; if so, what is the amount collected this year; and does this amount go against the grant from the British Government?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREThe net charge on Cyprus in respect of the Ottoman Guaranteed Loan of 1855 this year, and for many years past, is £42,800, namely, £92,800, the average amount paid to the Turkish Government before the occupation, less £50,000, the amount of the grant-in-aid annually voted by Parliament. If Cyprus had not been subject to this special charge she would doubtless have been compelled to contribute to the charge of the general Ottoman Debt, like other countries detached from the Turkish Empire, under the Treaty of Lausanne.