§ Sir F. WISEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total percentage of the cost of collecting reparations?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe amount allocated out of the Dawes Annuity during the period from 1st April, 1925, up to the present date for the cost of the Reparation Commission (including the Agent-General's office in Berlin) was 5,155,939 gold marks, or £257,797, which amounts to under 1 per cent. of the Dawes Receipts during the same period.