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Show FIND NO BACK-PAY IS DUE SULTAN OF SULU : M A VILA. P I. Aug. I'O. (Corrr-' (Corrr-' sponde.nce. 1 The sultan of Sulu.l j who enjoys an annual stipend of $i".-000 $i".-000 (Mexican ) from the British North Borneo company under a treaty arrangement ar-rangement dating from the reign of , his grandfather, recently gained the Impression thai the treuty provided for the payment of his annuity In pounds sterllnKs six thousand pounds a year Instead of six thousand dollars dol-lars Mn j He figured that If his Impression wore true, the British North Borneo company owed him something like $750,000 gold In back annuities. He made a trip to Borneo and presented his claim. After the original treaty was produced and examined by the sultan's lawyer, he became convinced that the Information given tohlm was wrong and that the treaty provided for payment of $6000 (Mexican) n , year, he returned to his home on the eland of Jolo satisfied. At the present rates of exchange his annuity of $t000 (Mexican) amounts to almost double what he receives In normal times. |