Over 15,000,000 Taels: Tis, Million More Than in 1927
Tt jg: understood that the returns of Shanghai's reventie for the frst ix months of the present year show fan' appreciable increase "over the corresponding period of a year ago, although they are distinctly below the record year of 1926, From January 1 to June 30, 1938, the revenue collected here has amounted to slightly over 15 million Haikuan taels, while for the first ix months. of 1927 the amount was about 182 million Haikuan taels. In the corresponding period of the record year, 1926, the collections were about 10,600,000 Haikuan tae Apparently June has not, shown fan, increase over 1927 at all com-arable with the advances shown in the previous three months. The caligetions in June, we understand, approximate two and a. half million Haikuan.taels, which is about LIK. Tis, 100,000 "more than in June, ports, which have giv Guty to the extent of half-a million {Mal in cemraiaon with Jane, 193, Bamtaton, end Wie probably nee onthe and, have
mis for the absence of any initial inerense in duty.
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