The foreign merchants here have recently been sending Bombay Yarn inward from this port under transit pass but with no better success than has attended similar shi to Tsungpa, an important town in attempts in the Canton province. A parcel the N.E. of the province, situated at the head of navigation of the Kialing River—locally known as the Siao Ho, or Little River, passed the likin barriers without difficulty. Upon arrival at jonas, the yarn was met by a proclamation by or terminal -tax of Tls. 3 per bale, con-the local authorities, mye a local ferably more than the whole of the dies compromised for by the transit pass. It is to be hoped this fon. will now soon be finally settled; unless it is, no one will take out transit passes. In this province the likin rarely exceeds 3 per cent ad valorem, so that the advantage derived from taking out transit passes is rather in the simplicity of the single payment than in the actual cash saving. The Chinese authorities, of course, object to the money jing into the capacious maw of the Imperial
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