neral Chamber of Commerce Held reconstruction and reorganisation, for the benefit of the country.
For commerce, shipping and banking the year just past was indeed black one and the following figures, for which I am indebted to the Inspector General of Customs, Shanghai, indicate the serious fall ing off in the trade of the country: the enormous potential market avail hmapore dat Export duty 1202.2) 17,186,000 port Sortax cesses 33,191,000 Interport. Bury and' Tater:
Flood Relic? Surtay On Import Duty On Export, Daty On Export Duty Tonnage Dues Total Hk, Tls. 200,230,000 years, are shown in a slightly Other dues and dation oral Hk. Te. wk Tle (a) aseiisto 2aTts97 Relief Surtax, Relief Surtax, The question of, revision of the Special District Court Agreement. has leon a good deal before the Public during the past year and has received the very close attention of your committee. Action was taken by" your committee through the usual channels and. whilst it ix not: the Chamber's desire' to harass the Chinese Government. in its endea-Hvours by constitutional and diplomatic means to introduce changes into the present agreement regarding the Special District Courts in Shang-bai, they must maintain their obection to any revision tending to pair the existing foreljen rights of legal redress. The agreement has, ax you arg, already" awol been renewed reesttly for a further term of three yers.
The average T. T. selling rater for the year were sterling 178% nnd Dollars 304 per tae tomary in the past raw comparisons with "the bat in view of the abandonment reten in the preceding yours
lor the gold standard. by Creat Jcomparisons would only he mislend-Britain a th end of 1093 any nach ing.
Apart from the many other factors which retard the return to In spite of prolonged negotiations with "the Customs your committee [wax unable to arrange for the con tinuance of Customs daily returns, either in' their" old or a modified form. Monthly returns of Shanghai trade are now issued by the Statistical "Department, but these Are of little practical value to the majority of firms in comparison your Chamber twill continue to press with 'tHe previous publication and for a more suitable form of pre= sentation,
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