Trade With the Marshalls.
Tie Tndio D Tix. iaistun ti Getttug Lui (Receivea Aug. 15, 9.17 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Aug. 13 Mt Deakln has received a cable from the Hon, Alfred Lyttelton, Secretary for the Colonies, giving the* new regulations fa tKe Marshall Islands. They provide that commercial firms established there pay a trifling tax of 6000 marks (approximately £262) annually. This will be the only tax ott commerce. The Imperial Commissioner at Paluil has teen instructed to assist merchants to conclude leases of land from the natives for trading stations. A tax of 2000 marks yearly will be imposed on ships engaged in the trade on behalf of commercial firms not established in the Islands. The Caroline Islands will he thrown open on Oct. I. the ilues to be those according to the ordinance of Aug. 8, 1901.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7900, 16 August 1905, Page 3
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138Trade With the Marshalls. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7900, 16 August 1905, Page 3
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