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three-quarters of a million, and it would pay the Turks to get rid of them. The sailors are paid regularly , at least, their pay has been drawn regularly, but of course that does not necessarily mean that the money has reached the men. The Sultan is responsible for the inactivity of the navy. Ho remembers that the navy played a prominent part in the deposition of Abd-ul-Aziz, and he has no desire to raise up an active and independent force that might be turned against himself. The ships have therefore been left to rot at fhasos. They.nave- mussels and barnacles a foot thick on their hulls, and if they were moved it would only bo at a knot, or two an hour. Yot throe \ of them are classed as twenty-two-knot i boats^ The Young Turkey Party's candidate for the> throne, Prince Yussef izzedin, is said to be an enthusiastic sailor, so that if anything happened to deprive Abd-ul-Hamid of his tlironc the Turkish Navy might again be made efficient. THASOS. Thasos, where the Turkish ships have been lying rotting all these years, is a small island off Kavala, at the head of the Aegean Sea. It belongs properly to Turkey-in-Europs, but years ago it was transferred as private pra perty to the Khedive of Egypt 3 and ..nominally it. still'belongs--to the Egyptian reigning family. A. few yeare ago, however, a German engineer named Speidel found enormous quantities of spelter, left by the miners of ancient days, and saw at once that, treated by modern methods, the spelter, would yield a high percentage of zinc. He at once applied,' not to Egypt, but to Constantinople'for "a concession to work { the residues.. Backed, as usual, by the German Embassy, he obtained one, and began operations. To the protest of the« Khedive the Porte answered that the ; surface of the. island belonged to him, but below ground was the property of Turkey. Lord Cromer offered to intervene arid quickly settled the business, but his Highness replied that it was a family affair, and not a subject for foreign" intervention. The result has been that, whilst the magnificent forests- ai'e exploited by the Khedive, tile German , Speidel, ' wjtn a troop of Turkish helpers,••Has; made a huge fortune out of the mines, from which he has extracted vast quantities of metal. Speidel has built a beautiful chateau on the island, and he invited tho Kaiser to visit it when last the Gerrnah Imperial yacht was-in tha Mediterranean. The Khiedive, however, draws a substantial revenue from Thasos, because the island is exceedingly fertile, and thn people are prosperous. The .forests ru-e valuable," and corn, honey, olives', and* wine are among "the products. Marble was worked there in ancient times, and though the output is now comparatively small, the.-stone' is.highly A^alued. Tliasoswas a curious -.'place to choose for an anchorage for the Turkish fleet, but the Sultan would not permit the vessels to lie in any Turkish port. V -■.'■ , 'LINSEED COMPOUND' of 40 years proven efficacy, for Coughs; Colds, and diffiecilty of breathpg. - '-■':' SICK PEOPLE.—Study your own interests by having your prescriptions dispensed at Gower's Pharmacy. Purest ingredient*! compounded by experienced dispensers only. We lay ourselves out to mix your EAiicinea correctly, and supply whilst you wait, or deliver anywhere. TO BIL PUBLISHED IN AUGUST, WELLINGTONy HAWKE'S BAY, AND TARANAKI COMMERCIAL, MUNICIPAL, and .-.' GENERAL : -,;,.... .- , .. AND NEW ZEALAND AN> TUAI>. Eighteenth year of publication. ; ~AUGUST, 1908. Edited by John Stone. Demy Bvo. size, containing 1250 pages, together with numerous maps, corrected to date, the whole handsomely bound in cloth, gilt. lettered. PRICE—If ordered before publica-' tion, 10s 6d; after publication, 12s 6dSTONE, SON~~AND CO., LTD., Printers and Publishers, Crawford and Jetty Sts., Dunedin, end at 21, Lambton Quay, Wellington. London: H. J. King-Potter and Co., 56 Ludeate Hill, E.C.