Office in this Colony will. continue to function, "notwithstanding that the Canton Southwest Political Council has refused to retognizé all goods imported there to which are appended the local invoice receipts.
ow all goods from here to Can- Lo.
must not, carry an invoice otherwise they will be detained at the customs.
However, commodities exported from Hongkong to Amoy, Foocho Shanghai, Hankow and. Tientsia must be accom ied by documents issued by the Invoice office. Mr, Chen Ching is appointed as acting invoice General Wen Yi There is now on sale in Peking a stamp issue which is unique and interesting. It is not generally Known that the Sino-Swedish-expedition of Dr. Sven Hedin has been allowed to have its own stamp issue, but there are till 15,000 sets of these stamps on sale here. Although their face value is only 20 cents, sets are already making as much' as $5.
Dr. Hedin, Reuter learns, got a
expedition in 1029 when he agree concession {0 have stamps for his to use them to raise money. for the travelling expenses, ete, of the Chinese members of his expedition, No similar concession has lever been granted to by, the Chinese authori The sets are of one, four. five and ten cents, in face ' value, the Tespective colours being. yellow, green, red and blue. The picture on the stamps is eminently suitable for the purpose. It is a picture of the Yuan time, the original being painting in the Palace Museum by!an unknown master. Its title Rest in the Desert and it shows jeamels and Mongol yurts, The issue consisted of 25,000 sats of which 10,000 were taken into use by the Chinese, Peking got 350 sets which were sold in two hours, Shanghai got 5,500 sets which were distributed among other post offices of the country and) the remaining' 4,000 or so of the original 10,000. were distributed among high Chinese officials at Nanking and. various stientifie bodies" in China and to: members of the remaining 15,000 sets still in the possession of Dr.
Hedin and he is using them to raise funds for the expenses of the Chinese members of the expedition, neither himself nor any member of his expedition receiving any direct income from the issue, These 16,000 can be bought by anybody who applies to. the committee the -Sino-Swedish expedition: here.
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