HC Deb 25 March 1929 vol 226 c2094W
Mr. DAY

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information showing the amount of British capital invested in the Peking-Mukden Railway?

Sir A. CHAMBERLAIN

The amount of British capital invested in the Peking-Mukden Railway is as follows:

£
(1) Original sterling loan of 1899 (£2,300,000) outstanding at 1st February, 1929 920,000
(2) Double Track sterling loan of 1921 (£500,000) outstanding at 31st December, 1928 395,000
(3) Double Track silver loan of 1921 ($2,000,000), outstanding at 15th March, 1929, $1,000,000 1,000,000
£1,415,000
I understand that most of the outstanding bonds in the above loans are held in England.