520 



Spanish Wheat Duty. 



of this fibre is being stimulated on other parts of the Pacific 

 Coast, and in Oregon particularly a considerable area is 

 being sown for further experimental purposes. 



The Board have received information through the Foreign 



Office that an International Ornitho- 



Ornithological logical Exhibition, under the authorisa- 

 Exhibition at . rxT- t • i at • ^ ^ 

 St. Petersburg", tion of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor 



of Russia, will be held at St. Petersburg 



in the course of the present year. 



The Board have received information through the Foreign 



Office that the Spanish Government has 



Spanish Wheat decided to reduce the duty on wheat from 

 Duty. ^ 



loj pesetas to 6 pesetas per loo kilos 



(from 2s. 3d. to IS. 46. per bushel) until the price falls to 

 about 6s. 5d. per bushel, and to remove transitory duties 

 from flour and bran. A royal decree reducing the duty 

 accordingly came into force on March 4th, 1898. 



The Servian Ministry of Finance issued a circular to the 



Customs on the 21st December last (old 

 Servian Wheat ^ 1 ^ • ..r, rn ^^^^ 



and Maize Duties, style;, ordering the suspension of Customs 



dues on wheat and maize imported from 

 Treaty as well as from non -Treaty States. The duties 

 suspended are 75 centimes per 100 kilogrammes (4d. percwt.) 

 on maize, and 2 francs per 100 kilogrammes (lod. per cwt.) 

 on wheat. The " obrt " (turn-over) taxes and other minor 

 accessory Customs charges still remain in force. 



