One-thirtieth of the sum set aside for the repayment of the debt would be £7,000,000 per year.
When one recalls that it would pay for one-thirtieth of our tobacco, it seems slightly more serious.
The cost per ton-mile was about 30 pence by air; it was one-thirtieth of a penny for the cargo vessel.
In other words, the market value of these shares was only one-thirtieth of their nominal price.
In the later enactment a lump sum, a retiring donation, equivalent to one-thirtieth for each year of service, was given.
Abolition of it could lead to an increase in conventional defence expenditure of only about one thirtieth.
No. 105, in page 9, line 2, leave out "one—twentieth"and insert"one—thirtieth".
I suggest that, of the small arm ammunition which we promised, only about one-thirtieth or one-fortieth was ever despatched from this country.