Organization Re-established by Nanking Canton, Oct. 10, Now that Canton is "under the direct control of the Central Government, the Ministry of Industry hag been able to re-establish here a bureau for the testing of con. mercial commodities with a view to improving the quality of Chinese exports.
Agricultural and manufactured goods are sent to the Bureau for examination, and the Canton Customs will not permit the export of goods required to be examined unless they are accompanied by certificates issued by the bureau. "A Ust of foreign goods requiring examination to be announced shortly, Testing bureaux now function in all leading cities in China. The Canton bureau was closed by General Chen Chi-tong some two years as the inspection of comial products interfered with the timate export and import of certain goods without passing the Customs. A move to revive the bureau here was started Immediately after the collapse of the South-west régime—Reuter,
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