§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what were the total annual budgets for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands' Government for the following periods: between 1920 and the end of the financial year 1929, between 1929 and the end of the financial year 1939, between 1939 and the end of the financial year 1949, between 1949 and the end of the financial year 1959, between 1959 and the end of the financial year 1969, between 1969 and the end of the financial year 1975 and between 1975 and 31 December 1978.
§ Mr. LuardThe following are the best available figures:
made, and another meeting is planned in the near future, at which it is hoped that a final resolution of the United States claims will be achieved.