WHAT NATIONS PAY LEAGUE
BRITAIN’S £38,500 A YEAH. LONDON, May 2(1. Mr Kden, Under-Secroiary for Foreign Affairs, in a written reply to Mr Clarry, gives a. list of the net amounts of the contributions due to th? League of Nations from the States incmb'.'rs for 1932. Britain’s contribution of 3,166.t9:i5 gold francs (approximately £38,500 ;il the present rate of exchange) is Ihe highest contribution. Germany’s figure is 2,652,755.89 gold francs (approximately £29,500), and that of France 2,600,029.53 gold francs (appioximatcly £28,900). A list giving the position on January 31 lasi, as regards countries whose, contributions' were in arrears shows that Germany owed 1,346.516.4-1 t'r<-s ('approximately £15,000) for 1932. Australia was in arrear to the txienl of 374,636,21fc5. (approximately £4,170) for 1932. Peru had arrears dating back to 1920, and China, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Paraguay arrears from 1922.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 4 July 1933, Page 7
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