Melbourne, August 9. The Financial Statement showa the receipts for the ye*r as L7,378,842, and bhe expenditure L7,027,415, leaving a arplus of L351,427.
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ReoeiTed Augasb 9, at 9.15 a.m. Pretoria, Aagaa* 8. Mr Reitz informed Mr Gretne, Brillah Agent in the Transvaal on July 31ab, that thVfranchiae draft was the utmoib pos sible concession th%b ooold be ra&da to the Oablandera. The Volkwaad Com mittee had reported thereon, hence ths matter waa o«b of the h&nda of tks Government. Received August 9, ab 10.52 p.mi London, August 9. The Times Bfeabes that the Tr»nBT»al will decline a joinb Inqolry, regretting fchub co-opiration In the matter is ln« coDsistent with independence^ Pretoria, August 9. Gloomy vlewa prevail here. The Volkiraad empowared the Presi dent, with fche consent of the Erecutlve, to proclaim martial law in the ev«nt of war or rebellion, when every inhabitant of the State must asiiab in its ds» fence. The forts in Pretoria are being strengthened. Railway waggons for the conveyance of the wounded are being prepared. The Boers are purchasing largely of oxen in Bechuanaland.
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The French Nationalist papers declare ! that DreyfoV denials are cart and nneon vincing. Lb Temps and L« Figaro atnert bhab his whole bearing is forcofnf. His calmness carries the cuaviciion of inno» cence. Reoeired Augaib 10, »t 0.35 a.m. Paris, August 9. Drejfaa aaticlpaked immediate release. The eiaminai-ion of the secret dossier and throe hundrad docamenta Is proceed 1 , ing in tha presance of the prisoner and hia coansaU

THE DREYFUS CASE. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION Received August 9. at 6.15 a.m. Paris, August 8.
