To Ship Orders from Local Authorities The China Merchants Steam Navigation Ca,, Ltd, have obtained crom the Conteal Government a Mandate giving them a virtual monopoly over the shipping of purchases by provin-lat governments, and other local bodies throughout the country. This! follows a petition submitted by the Ministry of Communications to the Executive Yuan, based on a reply from the China Merchants regarding freight rates and shipping terms, and also on its request to Instruct differ-fent institutions and organizations in China to entrust to the company the shipping of their materials, The Ministry of Communications received Mandate No. 2402 from the Executive Yuan dated July 2 1036, "The Mandate, which has just been translated into English, reads as follows:—"The petition and its enclosures have been duly received and noted. In regard to the request to issue a circular order to different institutions and organizations instructing them to entrust henceforth to the said company the shipping of their materials on purchasing Order, sanction hereby granted. This Yuan has al ready petitioned the National Government to issue a Cirewlar Order to different subordinate institutions and organizations instructing them to act accordingly. This Yuan has also written to the Secretariat of the Central Executive Committee of the Party asking it to Instruct the Tang-pus of different grades to act likewise.. Besides, this Yuan has issued a Circular Mandate to Ministries, Commissions, "Provincial Govern: ments, Municipalities and Bureaux instructing them to conform to the
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