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B)  England
After  the  official  English  account  of  November  1921,  were  accorded
to  the  Roumanian  State  from  the  beginning  of  the  war  (1914)  till  the  general
armistice  the  following  sums  in  material  and  advances  in  cash:

Services  made  by  dif-  Roumanian  obligations  deyear ­
  ferent  English  departe-  advances  in  cash  L.  st.  Total  Debit  tained  by  the  English  Treaments
  (materials)  sury  for  the  debt

1915/16  7.059.928.18.0  7.059.928.18.0  7.250.000
1916/17  4.514.164.  7.8  4.514.164.  7.8  5.250.000
1917/18  1.304-636.18.  0  559.693.18.5  1.864.330.16.5  2.600.000
1918/19  48.381.19.11  64.804.  2.1  113.186.  2.0

Total
till  the
11 th  Nov.
1918  1.353.018.17.11  12.198.591.6.2  13.551  610.  4  1.  15.100.000
iVofa.  We  must  deduct  from  this  account  the  sum  of  4.100.436.10.9.  Pounds  sterling,  accorded  in  the
proceeding  period,  so  that  the  English  account  i  >  the  period  August  1916—November  1918  amounts  to  the  sol
lowing  sums.
1)  Material  £  1.353.018.17.11
2)  Credits  in  cash  .  „  8.098.154.15.  5
Total - ^  9.451.173.13.  4
Nota  i.  From  the  advance  in  cash  of  L.st.  8.098.151.15.5,  the  Roumanian ­
  Legation  in  London  pi  id  to  the  »War-office.  .Ministry  of  Munition.,
Ministry  of  Food.,  and  to  the  .-Admirality-  the  sum  of  L.st.  1.353.195.15.8
which  covers  entirely  the  sum  .Services  made  to  the  various  English  Departments ­
  materiels".
Note  2.—Likewise  out  of  the  advance  of  8.008.154.15.5  The  Rouma
nian  Legation  in  London  paid  interest  to  the  amount  of  L.  st.  1.941.225.1-.1
Until  the  verification  of  the  British  discount  the  Roumanian  Government  makes ­
  special  reserves  about  the  payment  of  L.st.  1.353.195.15.8,  for  material
paid  and  L.  st.  1.941.225.12.1  (interest  paid).
3.  Drafts  Barklay  £  600.000  remitted  to  the
Minister  of  Finance  in  Iasi  These  drafts  were  not  paid
by  the  British  Treasury
4.  Credits  not  bearing  interest  amounting  to
£  12.000.000  for  security  of  the  National  Bank  issue.
Thee  credits  were  granted  in  virtue  of  the  convention
of  March  31  1917  (art.  9)  in  stock  of  the  British  Government ­
  not  bearing  interest  remitted  to  the  Bank  of
England  for  an  equivalent  sum  of  Roumanian  Treasury
bonds
Total  England  .  .  .

£  600.000.00.  0

"  12.000.000.00.00
£  22.051.173.13.  4

')  The  sum  of  L.  st.  12.198.591.6.2  represents  the  total  of  the  2  loans  of  5  and  7  million  L.  st.  granted
to  the  Roumanian  State  in  1915,  while  what  is  over  12  million  L.  st.,  represents  a  fraction  of  the  loan  of
L.  st.  40  million  granted  in  March  1917  and  annulled.  **