Nanking, Aug. 14.
The Ministry of Finance has. or. Jdered the Chinese Maritime Customs to prohibit the importation of foreign silver coins. The order, whi was issued to-day, states: are circulating in Eh of Far. Eastern trade, while the silver yen no longer exists in Japan. Since ihe above are no longer leg! tender in their countries, their im: portation to China should be prohibited in order to regularize Other principal subsidiary silver coins at present in use in other countries will not be allowed to be circulated in China, but small quantities carried by travellers may permitted to be brought into China to, bbe exchanged for Chinese currency Net profits totalling ¥.36,110,000 the largest inthe institution's history were made by the Bank of Japan in the first six months of this year, according the report made ublic at the regular semi-annual meeting of its shareholders yester~ day.
Gains by the bank, made by the sale of national bonds alone, raxched more than Y:30,000,000 while the Institution also. profited much from the interest accruing on unredeemed Ministry of Finance Rice Bonds.
The government, as a major shareholder. will receive ¥.28.212,000 '¥.16,414,000 more than it received al the close of the last semi-annual
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