Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies the money gifts which have been made, or promised, by the British dependencies, as contributions to the war effort from their own revenue or reserves?
§ Mr. George HallThe list of Colonial Government money gifts is as follows:
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£ Bahamas 22,000 Barbados 125,000 Bermuda 85,000 Ceylon 377,625 Cyprus 1,000 Falkland Islands 50,000 Gold Coast 108,000 Grenada 15,000 Hong Kong 775,000 Kenya-Uganda Railways and Harbours Administration 550,000 St. Kitts 10,000 Straits Settlements 5,296,248 Federated Malay States 4,263,020 Unfederated Malay States 404,076 Mauritius 190,250 Nigeria 100,000 North Borneo 5,000 Northern Rhodesia 438,000 Nyasaland 117,000 Sarawak 291,665 Seychelles 3,550 Sierra Leone 100,500 Tanganyika Territory 200,000 Tonga 5,000 Trinidad 625,000 Uganda 175,100 Zanzibar 20,000 £ 14,353,034 This statement does not include:
- (a)interest free loans to His Majesty's Government from Colonial reserves amounting to more than £1,800,000; or the liability undertaken by many Colonial Governments for the payment of interest on loans to His Majesty's Government raised by public subscriptions;
- (b)substantial new undertakings on the part of some Colonial Governments, and substantially increased under takings on the part of others, in respect of defence measures, as the amounts involved cannot yet be precisely stated.