tion of the Tariff Reform League held their firs annual meeting. The Countess of Hchostor was in the chair and Mrs Joseph Chamberlain occupied " seat the platform. A letter was read by Lady Hchester from Me. Chamberlain in which ho expressed his regret that he had found it impossible to be present at the meeting, and again reiterated his statement that the proposed change of tariff would cost the Britisher nothing, Miss Violet Brooke-Hunt gave an account of the work which had been done by the Association during its first year of oxistence, and Mr. Bernard Wise, who has for some years held the position of Attorney-General in New South Wales, gave a most interesting address on the subject from an Australian point of view. He told how that year by year, although more and more articles were used in the Australian Colonies, owing to their increasing population, the trade done with the United Kingdom was steadily diminishing, whilst that with Germany was rapidly increasing, the secret of this being that che German Gov -rument subsidised its steamers heavily im order that they could afford to carry out German goods at very low rates, but in their contracts there was always a clause to the effect that they were only to carry back certain articles from Australia ander penalty of their subsidy, these of course being grown in the country
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