THE CONGO ANNEXATION
BELGIUM SECURES GOOD TERMS > United Press Association—Copyright (Received Dec. 6, 10.45 p.m.) , BRUSSELS, Dec. 6. Belgian delegates report that private capital invested iu the Congo, State totals £6,800,000, general trade amounts to 4] millions, the colony’s assets are £4,800,000, and liabilities H millions. Tlie Belgian authorities, after annexation, control the Crown Domain, and may make fresh assignments of the revenue, subject to the erection ot hospitals, churches, and schools.^ Properties on tlio Domain, valued at one million, are placed at the disposal of the colony, which also has the option of purchasing the Domain’s forests.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2057, 7 December 1907, Page 2
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98THE CONGO ANNEXATION Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2057, 7 December 1907, Page 2
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