SOUTH AFRICA.
CUSTOMS CONVENTION RENEWED . . . . . TEMPORARILY. , BY TELEGRAPH—PRES3 ASSOCIATION—COPYRIOHT , v . . London; May 17. The Daily Telegraph's " . Johannesburg correspondent -reports that the South, African Governments have agreed to the temporary'prolongation Of the Custoiits Cofiventiori.' . . .' .■
A Customs Convention for South Africa'.was agreed to m 190 G. It provided for tile inbreasa of most of the'existing'duties,' but also for ptfefeirerltiill 1 trcathieiit to tho extent, of i> 20 par oeiit; reduction. ;in the general advalol'em rat§§ bri British goods aha the goods of sutfh" Bfitish colonies' hiid .possessions as Bliould -grant, reciprocal pfiVilbgfes to tlie • products aild iriailiifactiires of Sdutli Afrifeti:, A reciprocal, treaty ' between ! New Zealand and South Africa (Cap 6 ;, Colony; Natal) Orange River Colony, the. Transvaal, ;arid Southern Rhodesia) was concluded last year, and is now ill' fired. ' * -.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 7
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128SOUTH AFRICA. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 7
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