England and Egypt.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 July 1890, Page 2

England and Egypt.

A Commercial Convention has beeu entered into between Great Britain and Egypt. The stipulations of the Convention will be made applicable to New Zealand if notice to that effect be given to the Egyption Government within one year from the 29th of October last— the dat* o! the signature of the Convention. By the terms of the Convention, there shal Ibe reciprocal freedom of commerce and navigation between the United Kingdom and Egypt. English production and manufachires imported into Egypt, and Egyptian productions and manufactures imported into the United King dom are to be subject to no other or higher dut es than are imposed on like productions and manufactures from any other country. Except as regards tb» coasting trad* and inferior navigation, British ships in Egypt, and Egyptian vessels in the United Kingdom are to be treated as national ships so far as regard* local treat 1 rnent and dups, and all matters connected with navigation. Articles liable to duty, eerting as patterns or sample*, which shall be introduced into the United King- ; dom by Egytian commercial travel Ws or into Egypt by English com mercial traveller*, are to be admitted free of duty, cubject to certain formalities requisite to insure their being re-exported orplaced in bond. The Convention contains several artio'es fixing duties to be charged on certain goods therein specified. The Convention is to remain in force for ten years. We are giad to notice in this convention the advance of Egypt in the paths of civilization and Free Trade, and we feel aure th»t going band-in-hand with England and her colonial* there is a great future before that ancient and renowned Jand of the Pharaohs.