Such a pass presented to a likin ofice was stamped and the goods released. This, however, was not the practice at the preterit time. large number of stations for. the payment of taxes had to be passed And' money paid. according to. the Accepted scale of the station in ques tion in the course of whip from short distances. All of thi meant a great loss of time and inconvenience to the shipper and transportation company such ur informant represented, and this war quite distin from the Sther side of the taxation strain.
Th general it could be said. that about 10 poy cent. of the mark value of goods had to be ascribed fo taxes and transportation charges.
instance was. provided in the shipment of 40 tons of peanuts from Kaifeng to Shanghai, on which freight. chargex amounted to. $750 taxation averaged about $1.40 a ten. A through till of ladino, too, would be out of the question for most shipnient as each railway was 2 distinct unit having no co-opera tion of this character with othe: lines along the route.
Chinese merchants. were grumbt ing, our informant said farther, more about the lack of rolling stock China at the present carry their shipments than. they were about taxation, the former cing as great a deterrent to trade as the latter. it was, therefore, 4 cause for optimism on their pa that step were being taken to. portion funds. by the Nationalist, Government for acquiting more rolling stock on the existing ail-sways, This was even more neces: sary at the moment than building reads and more railways.
'A Notice has been published by the Post Office to the effect that hereafter all letters to the' northern capital must bear the word Peiping and not Peking.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.