Tax Reduction Asked by Chinese Chamber Agitation against the collection 9f the Whangpoo Conservancy and Wharfage Dues on the basis of the new Customs import tariff is going on among local Chinese merchants, who are complaining that, with the enforcement of the new' Customs import tariff, both the Whangpoo Conservancy ' and Wharfage Dues they are required to pay have been increased considerably.
Petitions requesting a reduction in the above two taxes lighten the burden on merchants have been submitted to the Ministry. of Foreign Affairs and the" City Government of Greater Shanghai the local Chinese General Eh ber of Commerce. in its petition to the Foreign Office, the Chinese Chamber declares that, with the increase in the Shanghai Customs revenues in the ast years, the Whangpoo Conser-fancy Board's which "are derived from a three per cent, surtax on the 'Shanghai Customs gross. xeceipts according to treaty stipulations, "have "proportionally injereased. In 1931, the petitioners dejelare, the Whangpoo Conservancy Dues' amounted to nearly ten times Jas much as that earmarked each year bythe Chinese "Government for Whangpoo conservancy purposes prior to the 1911 revolution, The coming into force of the new Customs import tariff this year wilt ino doubt result in more conservancy Jdues being collected, which will prove too heavy a burden for the As regards the Wharfage Dues, the Chamber alleges in its petition to the City Government that, despite the agreement between' the Customs and. City Government atts thorities in 1931, under which the dues were to be charged at the rate of one per cent, of the 1931 import duties, the rate of the dues has been much "higher than expected. The Chamber asks the City Government improve the situation by ne-__|kotiating with the authorities con-
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