As is known to all the members, the Chinese delegates at the Customs Conference in Peking have proposed a luxury duty on certain qualities of paper, The Association official bode has discussed various committee meetings, and as they found the wording "of the Chinese proposal would lead to misunderstandings the committee made a counter-proposal and circularized sume to. the various chambers of commerce in Shanghi as well as to the members of this Association. As a result of tha} negotiations in Peking, during which the Chinese delegates to the Conference objected to some of tha denominations used in the com. mittee's proposal, it has been found necessary to somewhat change the proposal and now it is as follow:
Cuassivication oF Paren Close B: Paper, Cigarette, Class C:—Wall Paper, Paperware of all kinds Clary D: Paper, Coated and/o tallic 'oF other-int lated or marbled) print bank!
copying, parchment containing rags Class E:—Paper, Kraft packing, free mechanical woodpulp not otherwise Class F:—Paper of all kinds eontaining mechanical woodpalp not otherwise Efforts are being made to get the Chinese Paper Guild's support of this proposal, and if that is obtain. ed it is quite likely that this last proposal will be agreed to in Peking, as it is supported by the Norwegian, Swedish and Japanese Uclegates, and probably will obtain the support also of others.
Owing to the condition of trade! after the May 30 incident and the trial of the Chinese dealers to make the foreign firms responsible for charges which were incurred owing to the cargo for Shanghai having to be discharged elsewhere Lecauso of the strike here, the com-fee thought it necessary to advise the "members to strictly adhere to the terms laid down by the Association, However, later on, information reached the committee some members had] probably not collected the charges incurred in the transit ports, and efforts wore made to find out how things were in this regard and came to the conclusion that in most instances the charges had _been collected and in a few cases in the course of collection.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.