Suggestions for Revision Suggestions for the revision of the so-called Luxury Tariffs, drawn cly a special committee' in the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and unanimously approved at the general meeting of the chamber, was presented yesterday to the Department Jof Finance and Department of Agrijealture and Commerce for consideration.
The changes suggested by the! Chamber of Commerce bill are reported by the "Japan Advertiser"
be as follows:—Cocon (not sugard) to be made duty-tree; jwolatile oils, vegetables (fragrant), Yolatile oils' obtained from citrus fruits (essences of orange, of citron, fof bergamont, of mandarin, ete,) ito, be placed on the free list. For! other oils 10 per cent. ad valorem daty to be imposed. be musk Antone the election charges Belfast are some against persons who are said to have voted "20 or 30 times." No one can legitimately stretch his ego to that extent now= but up to 1918 a man could poll as many votes as he found it like the Rev.
Washbourne West, of vote-collecting, convenient constituencies for pur~ poses of qualification. Under the old system of long-drawn elections he would spend a week or more going about the country, registering his vote here and there, In 1892, at the age of 81, the managed to poll many as 19" times. Another case mentioned at an election inquiry in 1010 was that of four brothers with branch offices on different parts of London, who between them held as many as 120 votes, Tune were lively scenes at the Tondon Stock Exchange on Armi-stick Day, when a visit was paid Miss Desirée Ellinger, the heroine of the musical play "The First Kiss," who arrived from the New Oxford Theatre to plead the cause of Remembrance Day. Miss Ellinger, who was joined by a dozen members of the beauty chorus, each carrying baskets of Flanders poppies, had jennbuneed her intention to sell her first kis and the only one" to the first man bidding five pounds for a flower. A crowd numbering several thousands awaited the arrival of the theatrical party, and the police had diffieuky in steering a way to Shorters Court, where the novel sale" took place. Starting ay 80 the bidding rapidly rose by two stages to the requisite five pounds. Amid loud cheering the successful Uidder, Mx, James Lowy, quickly, mounted to Miss Ellingor and modestly received his purchase, be carried through. considerable before the position of this readjustment must undoubtedly duty of ¥.124.20 per kin should be
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