§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when the Government proposes to appoint the Sine-British Committee which is to decide the methods of applying the money available from the remitted Boxer indemnity; and whether, seeing that this money is already in the bank, that the Chinese Government is anxious that use should be made of it, and that all parties have been able to consider possible schemes, he will take, action on the line suggested?
§ Mr. McNEILLI am advised that legislation will be necessary in order to give effect to the intention of His 1003W Majesty's Government to devote the British share of the Boxer indemnity to purposes of mutual benefit to British and Chinese interests. The actual appointment of the Boxer Indemnity Committee may, therefore, be delayed pending the introduction of a Bill, but in any case some considerable time is likely to be required before the Committee can complete their investigations and formulate concrete schemes for the best use of the funds.