A series of regulations govern.
the importation of aeronautical oan, which are of especial interest at this time when consignments of. aeroplanes.
aeronautical equipment are] being "imported to Shanghai. The more important articles of the series are as follow:—Government organs or merchants intending to import " aeronaut terials (including aeroplanes: jand equipment used for aviation purposes) from foreign countries shall, prior to importing such, sub-rit to the Aviation Bureas of the where such materiale will" be put Into "use, deteripton, quantity, value and category of goods it is desired to import, names. and dresses of manufacturers and date of the manufacture of the aeronautical materials, Those who have entered into! contracts with foreign firms' or native merchants for the purchase fof, aeronautical materials should [submit copies of their contracts with their applications to the Ministry lof War for examination and such contracts shall not come into force until they have been approved by that Ministry, regardless of when their they have been signed or not.
The Ministry of War shall have the right, to prohibit the importa. tion of either the whole or part of, such consignments but, should sane. tion be granted for the importation of aeronautical materials, the Ministry shall issue permits in this respect to applicants, Purchasers who have obtained permits from the Ministry of War shall apply to the Ministry of Finance for "importation hu chao and submit similar details, as well fas the names of the consignors and consignee, the names of ships. or railways by which such materials Jare to be transported, the port of destination, ete. All' "importation fhuchao" stall remain in force for; three months beginning from the} date of their issue.
Foreign firms which ave not registered with the Chinese Govern. ment shall submit their applications to the Ministry of War through their respective Consuls and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Dao import duty shall be paid on. imported aeronautical materials innless otherwise provided by the Officials of the Aviation Bureaa lof the Ministry of War may, when-lever necessary, ce-operate with the Customs in examining aeronautical Jequipment upon their arrival in Tmported' aeronautical materials may be. confiscated by order of the! Government if the consignees fail to hold Government, permits or The local papers assent that May shal Chang Hsuck-liang has promised to provide $1,500,000 month towards demobilization and that he thas. recently wired to. Gener Shang Chen, the Shansi Chairm reiterating this promise, Tt is believed, however, that little if any money has been forwarded either from Maiden or Nanking to Shanst since the Tientsin Conference and {therefore the muinerous troops in the. once "Model Province" are said to be getting mor and more behind in their pay.
Te is. now asserted that Mr. Ching Yao-yen, the special commissioner the Ministry of Fi been authorized to rais the native bankers of Hopei to be used for demobilization purposes in Shansi, The local papers the negotiations for this proceeding. rapidly and Sot. that as to security, jean not yet Lo published—Reuter,
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