Peking, Jan. 2.
The Maritime Customs revenue for 1921 amounts in round numbers to Haikuan Taels 54,500,000 at the average exchange of 3/1lyz, equal to £10,772,265, and shows an increase of Tls. 5,000,000 on the previous record collection, namely, in 1920, although it is to be noted that as the result of the drop in the average rate of exchange from 6/9}d. in 1920, the gold equivalent of the 1921 collection at the average exchange is over £6,000,000 less than 1920.
The following are round figures of the amounts collected at the principal ports Harbin—Hk. Tls. 1,381,300, an increase of 448,100.
Antung—Hk. Ts, 1,062,000, a decrease of 67,500.
Tairen—Hk. Tls. 4,959,000, an increase of 56,300.
Tientsin and Chinwangtao—Hk. Tls. 6,816,900, an increase of 1,320,- 800.
Kiaochou—Hk. Tls. 2,139,200, an increase of 531,700.
Hankow—Hk. Ts. 3,858,200, an increase of 187,200.
Shanghai—Hk. Tls. 19,914,300, an increase of 1,081,300.
Swatow—Hk. Tls.
1,934,300, an increase of 224,400.
Canton—Hk. Tls. 3,118,400, an increase of 576,100.
The 1921 revenue from native Customs under the control of the Inspector-General amounts in round numbers to Hk. Tls. 4,500,000 (at the above average exchange equal to £889,453), showing an increase of Ts. 120,000.
Ah foreign loan and indemnity obligations, secured by the Customs revenues, including the service of the Reorganization Loan, amd all domestic loan obligations indirectly secured on the Customs collections, have been fully met.
The above statement is signed by Sir Francis Aglen, Inspector-General of Chinese Maritime Customs.—Reuter.
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