The Archive · 1928

Shanghai Customs Revenue

The Record of 1926 Likely to be Broken According to present appearances the Custonis revenue of Shanghai will exceed that of Ue record year, 12a, In view of the way in ich Ube year commenced this is weiinary result sto. look Forwa nay be Femembered that the revenue for Shanghai 5 totalled about Lil. K.

00,000, which was above resulting from the "armies Canton through the towards Shaahai, months showed receipts below even ing periods wot Until five months had passed that a condit affairs was shown which meant that the definite of these. two nmionths ad been wiped out and that the year was beginning tap oxeyed Hat of 1 the war of revere collections, The revenue figures for Novem ber have now been made up, and these shown a total approximate collection in Shanghai of Tls. 3,100,000 as against H. K. TH 2,000,000 in 1927, an increase of hi K. Tls. 1,100,000. This is made up almost entirely of duty on an increased quantity of imports,

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