§ MR. E. JENKINS (for Mr. RYLANDS)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is true, as stated in the "Daily News," of August 12th, that the Turkish Government has forestalled the collection of the tithes and taxes in Cyprus for the current year, selling the yield to the farmers and collecting the tithes in advance; whether there is any provision in the Convention of the 4th June which meets this case; and, what steps Her Majesty's Government propose to take in the matter?
§ MR. BOURKENo, Sir; we have no reason to believe that the statement 2016 quoted in the Question of the hon. Member is correct. The taxes have been collected up to the time that the Island of Cyprus were taken over by Her Majesty's Government; but there is no reason to believe that the collection of the taxes has been forestalled.