10 APRIL 1926, Page 2

The separate Bill to raise the general Customs Tariff by

30 per cent. was also passed by both Houses. They adjourned on Easter Day to their own and everyone else's satisfaction. The numerous foreign residents in France will notice that the new Revenue Bill extends the imp6t sur /a revenue, which has- been exacted from proprietors, to those whose principal residence is in France, even if it be residence in an hotel. The country must now presumably face a rise of prices and will learn how the estimates based on a franc at 110 to the E will work out. Large issues of fresh paper money have had to be made during the delays over the Budget, but the franc, which had touched 144, was quoted on Tuesday at 140.