The Archive · 1934

Shantung Imposes Silver Embargo

Exports Limited Owing to Big Drain by Dairen Tsinan, Oct. 28.

Measures for restricting the export of silver from this province have been decided upon by the Shantung Provineial Government after consultation with the various banking leaders here, Silver has been exported in huge quantities recently to Dairen from various parts of the province, every $1,000 worth of silver yielding a profit of $40 to $50.

The export restrictions, announced by the: Shantung Provincial Department of Finance, are as follows:

(No person in Shantung shall be stowed Yo hoard' more than $800 silver.

2—No person, I shall be allowed to take out wi more than $200 in silver.

-—No silver shall be exported from Shantung, for business purposes, without a permit from the Shantung Provineial Department of Finance, 4No person in Shantung allowed to handle the transportation of provincial products valued at more than §5,000 a day—Kuo Min, ITALIAN AIRCRAFT FOR,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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