(2) The same Memorialist states that the copper formerly used for coinage purposes in Shensi was procured from Yunnan and the Hu Kuang Provinces, and that it was always exempted from the payment of duty, When the supply from Yunnan failed, it was de i ment' of mining copper in the province itself and to follow the example of other provinces and supplement the local produetion by purchases of foreign copper and lead at Shanghai and Hankow. It is now found that owing to the freight from Shanghai to Hankow and the laud from the latter place, the cost of laying down copper and lead in Shensi is con siderably greater than in other provinces. 'The outlay will be positively ruinous if the cost is to be enhanced by the payment of Customs duties. 'The Memorialist has lately been informed that the copper and lead" purchased by other provinces are nted exemption' from duty, and he mits that Shensi is entitled to a similar lege under similar circumstances. He therefore, ask that the Customs authorities of the various provinces through which copper and lead have to pass on their to Shensi should be directed by Tmperial Edict to grant exemption from duty on the production of properly authenticated, cites.—Reseript:—We command that it be as requested. Let the Memorialist notify the high authorities of the provinces through which the articles have to pass, and let the Board concerned take note,
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