Melbourne, Aug. 5.
In the House of Representative today the Minister of Trade and Castoms introduced the Cotton Products Bounty Act, which provides for the grant ofa bounty for five years on seed cotton, ranging from three farthings to '1s pence Tr also provides for a bounty for five years on the manufacture of cotton yarns of 3 of a penny to one shilling er pound, totalling £300,000, Half of the raw material used in manufacture of the latter must be of Australian production—Reuter.
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