Supply to Shanghai Cut Of by Embargo For fear of a serious shortage of supply, the Shanghai City Government and representatives of local rie merchants have requested the Kiang ssu Provincial Government to Jift the ban on the export of rice from the province. dt was reported here that a9 a result of the embargo, over 160 rice boats for Shanghai had been held up in Kiating Hsien, and consequent ly, many rice bongs in Chapel had suspend business on Dee. 4 due to lack of supply.
Tt was later reported that permission to release the rice boats hind been given. Rice boats continued to arrive at the Nantao Bund from Sunkiang and other places that da; It Is estimated that there are at present about 120,000 piculs of rice stored in, shops in Shanghai, and. 50,000 piculs of Saigon rice in godowns, The daily consumption of rice 1s 12,000 piculs. The shortage in the supply has resulted in an me create of five per cent. in prices,
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