Are made from the Finest Silks Gorgeous full colours to the faintest and most delicate of tints, A writer in the Rangoon Times" dealing with the Chinese in Bvrma remarks that as far as honesty is concerned a Burman would trust a Chinese sooner than any other foreigner. That is the reason why the whole trade of the of the country is in the hands of the Chinese. Whenever Burmese countrymen, he says, wish to start a new village they invariably invite a Chinese to come along with them so that he may be their bankers, the purchaser of their produce, the purveyor of their requirements and the connecting link between the town and the country.
Taree interesting suggestions for dealing with the depreciation in the copper coinage of the country hava been telegraphed to the Ministries of Finance and Agriculture and Commerce by the Chin-yese General, Chamber of Commerce, the City Chamber of Commerce.and the Native Exchange Bankers' Association. These bodies propose:"(1) That any sheet copper or other material used for the manufacture of these coins, which may be seized by the Customs authorities, be confiscated (2) That the provinces be asked to ce-operate with a view to suppressing the coins; and (3) That the authorities accept the light weight copper coins in payment of taxes just in the same way as other coins awe accepted.
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