PALACE OF TREASURES.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 July 1909, Page 3

PALACE OF TREASURES.

FLOWERS, TAPESTRIES, BIRDS, AND BOOKS. Constantinople, May 7. Although the inventory of the contents of Yildiz Kiosk is by no means yet complete, the discoveries of specie, bonds, and jewels made up to the present already amount to a very considerable sum. The newspapers' continue to publish Arabian-Xight-iikc accounts of the trea surcs unearthed, the recovery of which has been largely due to information supplied by Nadir Agha, one of the e.\ Sultan's confidants.

It is reported to-day that a receipt has been discovered for a deposit with the Deutsche Bank of £1,000,000. The list of valuables comprises carpets, tapestries, amis (ancient and modern), a natural history museum, libraries, and also many rare birds and animals, including, presumably, the laughing jackBss with which the ex-Sultan was presented by the late British Ambassador, Sir Nicholas O'Connor, as a gift from the Governor of Queensland. The inventory also includes' the equipment of a well-stocked carpenter's workshop, in which Abdul Hamid passed many busy hours in the rcereationwhich was his favorite hobby, ft is a characteristic fact that in most rooms were found revolvers disposed in handy places, and boxes' of sweets and biscuits. The ex-Sultan's taste in flowers and horticulture is evidenced bv a large collection of the rarest plants and fruittrees. The importation of these rarities afforded the Imperial entourage, opportunities of gratifying Abdul HaSipricious tastes and at the same ling their own pockets, extensive park of Yilriiz Kiosk asses several large oriiameiitil of water, -on which float eleven and row boats and four niotor-