Papua’S Subsidy

Cut By £10,000

From Our Own Correspondent.

PT. MORESBY, August 4.

Commonwealth grant towards the expenses of administration of the Territory of Papua, originally £50,000 per annum, has been reduced 20 per cent, for the year commencing July 1 last. This brings the amount down to £40,000.

The reduction is not as drastic as would at first appear, as during the past two years the subsidy had been reduced to £45,000 for last year and to £42,000 for the previous year. ... ===