§ Sir F. WISEasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the total annual cost of the rearrangement of the work of the Colonial Office?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREThe general outline of the re-organisation is on the lines already announced, but the details have not yet been finally decided, and it is not therefore possible to state what the total extra annual cost will be, though it is not anticipated that any substantial increase will be involved.