BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7651, 9 June 1896, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Press Association— Electric Telegraphr-^Oopyright. LONDON, June 7. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying to the Colonial Institute, says that tha British tax is levied on income regardless of the nature of the locality and property. He considered it equitable to double the tax on a person possessing property in one eotratra,".and spending the income in another, if* would be impossible to confine the principle of reciprocal exemption to colonists resident in BritaiQ,;but it must extend to all drawing income from tho ooloniea. The imports during May decreased by ' £1,493,000, and the exports increased by £468,183. The Observer states that the Sultan's envoy ia negotiating with the Armenian Committee in London on the basis of concession reforms if the Armenians treat direcb with the Sultan. Juke B.— The Kaiser'a yachb Meteor sailed over the course from the Nore to Dover in five hours two seconds, beating the Britannia by nine minutes. The Irish members have petitioned that Home Secretary for clemency to political^' prisoners, pointing to the example set by . President Kruger. The Prince of Wales opened th^Trades Exhibition in East London. ReapoflHßgto cheers over his success in the De'Sß? he said he was gratified to win the race \vTTh a horse of his own breeding. ST. PETERSBURG, June ». The Csar has assigned 20,000 roubles for the support of the children injured, and whose parents were killed in the recent fice disaster. ROME, JjfNE 8. A section of the Italian Chamber of Deputies strongly condetnued the action of the Government in publishing confidential information in the green book, and with suppressing documents regarding Russia and Frauce. A crisis ia expected. The Duke of Sermoneta, Foreign Minister, in referring to the Hon. Mr Balfour's comjk plaint of disclosures in the green book, salSP^ Great Britain had showed great goodwill and unvarying sincerity in the discussion on the' Abyssinian negotiations. CAIRO, Juke 8. Officials of the Khedive have arrested and maltreated two editors who had written articles attacking the Young Turkish party. Lord Cromer has protested against the - illegal arrest and conduct of the officers.