AUSTRALIA.
[Eeuteu’s Agency.] The Surviving- G-anger. jMkujouune, August 13. INed Kelly Iras boon brought back to Melbourne, tlio inquiry at Bccclrwortb being linisbod. Another French Colony. Sydney, August 13. INcws comes to hand via JMoumea
that the native King of Tahiti has abdicated, and Tahiti has been proclaimed a French colony. . The Queensland End^ci. Brisbane, August 13. The Treasurer introduced his Financin' Statement in the Legislative Assembly last night. He estimates the revenue for the present year at £1,033,500, and the expenditure at £1,090,000. In order to cover the deficiency he proposes to increase the quantity of land to be sold, and to increase the export duty on cedar, .and the import duties on tallow arid stearine, and the excise duty on rum, to 10s. Various articles in the tariff will moreover be altered from fixed to ail valorem duties. In anticipation of a surplus of £32,500, a sum of £317,000 will be transferred from the loan account to consolidated revenue, leaving the latter in credit. The Treasurer’s proposals arc generally approved.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2312, 14 August 1880, Page 2
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172AUSTRALIA. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2312, 14 August 1880, Page 2
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