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MR. HENNIKER HEATON
(Canterbury)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state what approximately was the cost of construction, improvement, and enlargement of the Suez Canal up to the end of last year; the capital account, the number of shares, the original price or value of each share, the income in 1876, 1886, 1896, and 1906, and the dividends for the same years; and what is the present value of each share.
(Answered by Secretary Sir Edward Grey.) The following are the particulars desired by the hon. Member: Cost of construction, etc., up to 31st December, 1906, francs 612,484,201.23 (at par, £24,304,928 12s. 5d.) Capital: Shares, francs 200,000,000; loans, francs 272,999,399.16; total, francsߤ See(4)Debates, elxxvi,463 ct seq
| — | 1876. | 1886. | 1896. | 1906. |
| Francs. | Francs. | Francs. | Francs. | |
| Gross revenue | 31,174,694·35 | 59,022,626·28 | 82,222,855·26 | 111,989,122·98 |
| Net profits | 2,002,913·51 | 28,358,166·14 | 42,283,380·28 | 71,377,464·78 |
| Dividend{ Gross Net | 28·55 | 75·33 | 100·05 | 151·69 |
| 26·05 | 70·69 | 92·50 | 141·00 |
Present value of—Action de capital, francs 4,480; Action de jouissance, francs 3,810.