HC Deb 19 May 1933 vol 278 cc653-6W
Mr. CLARRY

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will detail the payments or contributions of each country which have been made during the most recent ascertainable and comparable year to the League of Nations, together with the names of the countries who are in arrear with their payments and the total amount of such respective arrears?

Mr. EDEN

The net amounts of the contributions due to the League of Nations from the States Members for the year 1932 were as follow:—

States. Net amount of contributions.
Gold Francs.
1. South Africa 484,417.81
2. Albania 32,684.48
3. Germany 2,652,755.89
4. Argentine 947,540.29
5. Australia 897,075.92
6. Austria 267,834.99
7. Belgium 588,178.33
8. Bolivia 134,316.76
9. Brazil —
10. Bulgaria 162,411.96
11. Canada 1,143,353.80
12. Chile 459,853.32
13. China 1,544,642.67
14. Colombia 195,090.92
15. Costa Rica —
16. Cuba 296,063.74
17. Denmark 391,151.09
18. Dominican Republic. 33,461.23
19. Spain 1,311,834.92
20. Estonia 98,619.47
21. Abyssinia 66,689.93
22. Finland 326,760.72
23. France 2,600,029.53
24. Great Britain 3,466,499.54
25. Greece 227,570.39
26. Guatemala 32,944.97
27. Haiti 30,935.89
28. Honduras 33,579.18
29. Hungary 266,931.89
30. India 1,834,588.83
31. Irish Free State 333,449.65
32. Italy 1,970,251.69
33. Japan 1,967,253.72
34. Latvia 98,169.16
35. Liberia 33,579.18
36. Lithuania 131,714.70
37. Luxemburg 31,939.91
38. Mexico 471,867.85
39. New Zealand 329,158.96
40. Nicaragua 16,726.76
41. Norway 291,014.87
42. Panama 32,402.66
43. Paraguay 32,941.19
44. Netherlands 753,654.48
45. Persia 163,567.68
46. Peru 302,212.70
47. Poland 1,048,277.39
48. Portugal 191,113.42
49. Rumania 715,456.08
50. Salvador 33,579.18
51. Siam 295,579.78
52. Sweden 586,726.46

States. Net amount of contributions.
Gold Francs.
53. Switzerland 554,599.15
54. Czechoslovakia 948,793.34
55. Uruguay 229,873.29
56. Venezuela 163,682.82
57. Yugoslavia 653,127.11

On 31st January last the position as regards countries whose contributions are in arrears was as follows:

Country. Year. Amount in arrear in respect of each year.
Gold Francs.
Albania 1932 31,937.42
Argentine 1929 736,558.14
1930 791,290.53
1931 880,852.04
1932 947,540.29
Australia 1932 374,636.21
Bolivia 1923 90,000.00
1924 104,284.01
1925 109,049.86
1926 88,100.63
1927 86,940.32
1928 89,320.01
1929 105,215.77
1930 112,765.07
1931 125,118.40
1932 134,316.76
Bulgaria 1932 81,200.62
Chile 1930 16,150.94
1931 427,659.00
1932 459,853.32
China 1922–1930 8,743,212.41
1931 719,433.52
1932 772,435.27
Colombia 1932 191,631.28
Cuba 1930 36,286.80
1931 275,367.38
1932 296,063.74
Dominican Republic 1930 3,771.07
1931 31,161.64
1932 7,548.23
Germany 1932 1,346,516.44
Greece 1932 15,534.68
Guatemala 1929 14,836.27
1930 27,607.06
1931 30,695.38
1932 32,994.97
Haiti 1931 28,636.30
1932 30,935.89
Honduras 1922 55,326.58
1923 27,196.51
1924 23,174.23

Country. Year. Amount in arrear in respect of each year.
Gold Francs.
Honduras—cont. 1925 24,233.30
1926 24,472.39
1927 24,150.09
1928 12,405.62
1929 13,898.40
1930 28,191.27
1931 31,279.59
1932 33,579.18
Hungary 1931 43,442.97
1932 266,931.89
Liberia 1930 3,732.88
1931 31,279.59
1932 33,579.18
Lithuania 1932 9,198.04
Nicaragua 1922 48,061.45
1923 27,196.51
1924 23,174.23
1925 24,233.30
1926 24,472.39
1927 24,150.09
1928 24,811.11
1929 26,303.94
1930 9,553.32
1931 12,886.51
1932 8,380.50
Panama 1931 29,940.39
1932 32,402.66
Paraguay 1922 15,370.80
1927 17,593.24
1929 21,203.37
1930 27,553.28
1931 30,641.60
1932 32,941.19
Persia 1932 80,516.20
Peru 1920 26,952.72
1921 187,499.70
1922 182,040.30
1923 244,768.61
1924 208,568.02
1925 218,099.73
1926 198,226.39
1927 195,615.73
1928
1929 220,623.30
1930 253,721.39
1931 281,516.34
1932 302,212.70
Poland 1932 456,123.15
Salvador 1922 6,087.62
1930 17,826.07
Uruguay 1930 78,924.02
1931 213,776.12
1932 229,873.29
Yugoslavia 1932 489,845.31