NEW GUINEA'S FUTURE.
MELBOURNE, august 23. Mr Barton, in reply to a question, said that the Queensland Premier’s remarks on New Guinea conveyed a misleading impression. On behalf of the Commonwealth he had refused to take any financial responsibility until the question of administration was settled. Through Lord Hopetoun he had informed Mr Chamberlain that New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland were favorable to the Federal control of New Guinea, -is the expenditure involved would be £22,000 yearly, he had asked if, in the present state of the Commonwealth finances, the British Government were prepared to find the sum of £7,000, which was the amount of their lapsed subsidy covering the cost of the maintenance of a steamer. A reply had not yet been received. He gave the House an assurance that nothing would be done without the consent of Parliament.
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Lake County Press, Issue 977, 29 August 1901, Page 7
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