§ Mr. RILEYasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the total number of ships received by this country from Germany under the terms of the treaty of Versailles; the total tonnage of such ships; the number of ships and tonnage disposed of; the amount for which these ships have been sold; the amount of cash received for the same, together with the amount outstanding, if any; and the number and tonnage of the ships still unsold, if any?
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§ Viscount WOLMER427 vessels of 1,890,896 gross tons have been received by this country from Germany under Annex III Part VIII of the Treaty. Of these, four vessels of a total of 21,873 gross tons were lost before sale. The remaining vessels were sold for £20,248,531 10s. 4d., of which £17,782,926 0s. 10d. was received in cash by the 1st of this month, leaving deferred payments amounting to £2,465,605 9s. 6d. still to be made.