A comprehensive report of the ancial and economic conditions in China at the time of the Special Tavitt Conference is given in the Special Tariff Conference issue of Weekly Review" which published November 1, The sition contains 120 pages and la illustrated with pictures showing the development and building of rai ways, roads, waterways and general enterprises in varlet .T. Wang ig the author of article, "What China Expects To Get From Tarif Autonomy;" other prominent Chinese also contri buting articles dealing with the financial phases of the Republic of China, among whom are: H, E. 'Woo Ding-Chang, Ex-Vice Mimister of Finance, who declares that aboli-likin should precede tariff autonomy, and Tingeheng Shenfu who' writes on the subject of the customs deposits and the hold~ ing banks. Other articles which will prove of particular value at the present time are: "Complex Problems Confront Conference," Charles Dailey; "China's Finances 'Under Republican Regime," "Why Foreigners Are Necessary' in the Administration of the Customs, Service," by C. A. Berthason; "Future Construction Prospects on Chinese Railways," by John Earle Baker; "History nnd Development of Mints In China," by E. Kann; Philip Kerby writes on "The Ports of Manchuria," and then there are the articles dealing with conditions as they exist at the present time in the various provinces of China. They are comprehensive in their scope and will give the reader an idea of the problem that is now confronting the delegates in Peking.
Copies of the Special Tariff E4ition may be had at all bookstores or may be purchased direct from the publishers, the China Weekly Review, 4 Avenue Edward VII, at Mex. $1 8 copy.
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