To Stretch from Woosung to Changchiatangkong Some time ago, it may be recalled, the Reconstruction Committee of the City Government of Greater Shanghai submitted a proposal to the Mayor, recommending the extension of the limits of the Shanghai Customs jurisdiction so as to include Changchiatangkong, on the upper, Whangpoo, and Woosung. In making this suggestion the Com mittee said that the extension was necessary in order to meet the growing needs arising from the Yapid development of the Shanghai harbour.
The proposal was later submitted by the Mayor to the Minister of Finance who, in turn, ordered the Customs Inspector-General to study the question and to submit a detailed report, says the Chinese press. Investigations were made jin the course of a reply to the Minister, the Customs Inspector General said that the proposed extension of the limits of local Customs House's jurisdiction was, indeed, of utmost importance in the development of Shanghai and that the Mayor's suggestions to the Minister of Finance were, in his pinion, quite practical.
Accordingly, proposal ras Superintendent to put it into effect.
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