§ Mr. MOSLEYasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the estimated revenue and expenditure of the civil administration of Palestine and Mesopotamia, respectively, during the current financial year?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe estimated revenue and expenditure of the civil administration of Palestine during the current financial year is:
Revenue £E2,214,017 Expenditure £E2,286,133, To meet the estimated deficit of £E72,086 a surplus balance on revenue account, amounting to about £E75,000, was estimated to be available on the 31st March last, in addition to other and larger balances which were ear-marked for capital expenditure. I am awaiting final figures of the local revenue and expenditure of the civil administration of Mesopotamia during the current financial year.
§ Mr. MOSLEYasked the Secretary of State for War the cost in the current financial year of the military occupation of Mesopotamia and Palestine, respectively?
§ Lieut.-Colonel STANLEYThe estimated cost is: Mesopotamia, £19,950,000, Palestine £4,271,000, making up the total of £24,221,000 shown in the Army Revised Estimate, dated 30th May, 1921.