Government Investments Mr. A. M. SAMUEL asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the names of the present holdings of the British Government in concerns registered under the Companies Acts; and will he state the total amount received on revenue account by way of interest or dividend during the period April, 1922, to April, 1923, and the aggregate market or estimated capital value of such holdings, and similarly the capital value and income on the Government's holding of Suez Canal shares? Major BOYD-CARPENTER The information which I promised to my hon. Friend in answer to his question of the 12th April is as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Board of Trade |British Dyestuffs Corporation, Ltd. |850,000 £1 Preference Ordinary Shares. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |850,001 £1 Preference Shares. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Turkish Petroleum Co. |40,000 £1 Ordinary Shares. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |British American Nickel Corporation (of Canada).|$3,000,000 "A" Income Bonds. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |$2,625,000 Common Stock. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Munster Flax Development Co., Ltd. |£22,000 "B" Debenture Stock. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |£11,000 "C" Debenture Stock. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Chepstow Water Co., Ltd. |330 £1 Ordinary Shares | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Monmouth Shipbuilding Co., Ltd |£490,000 6% Mortgage | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Treasury |Suez Canal Co. |160,101 Actions de Capital. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |16,501 Actions de Jouissance. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Cunard Steamship, Ltd. |£650,000 Debenture Stock. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |1 £20 Ordinary Share | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Anglo Persian Oil Co., Ltd. |5,000,000 £1 Ordinary Shares. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |1,000 £1 Preference Shares. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |£199,000 Debenture Stock. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.|Home Grown Sugar, Ltd. |250,000 5s. Ordinary Shares. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |£124,950 Second Mortgage. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Flax Cultivation, Ltd. |£331,000 First Mortgage. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Wessex Flax Factories, Ltd. |£32,000 First Mortgage | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Disposal and Liquidation Commission. |British Cellulose & Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |£500,000 7½% Cumulative Participating Preference Shares.| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Foreign Office. |Commercial Bank of Siberia. |45,263 Ordinary Shares | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------