THE CONGO.
Per Press Association. —'Copyright. Received Dee. 0, 10.4 p.m. Brussels, December <i. The Belgian delegates report that Hie private- capital invested in the Congo State is £0,800.000. general trade £4,500,000, the colony's" assets £4,800,000. and. liabilities £4,500,000. The Belgian authorities, after annexation, shall control Hie Crown Domain, and may make fresh assignments of the revenue subject, to_ the erection of hospitals, ciiurcb.es, schools, and properties. The Domain is valued at one million, and has been placed at tee disposal of the colony: also the option of purchasing the Domain,',; forests.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9021, 7 December 1907, Page 2
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92THE CONGO. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9021, 7 December 1907, Page 2
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