Official Approval for Ten Per Cent. Collection The propose! of the Ministry of Nanking, May 24 Finance for the imposition of a surtax on all Customs duties from June 1," when interport duties will be abolished, was brought up at @ moeting of the Legislative Yuan this morning. The meeting approved, as general principle, the collection of 10 per cent, surtax on Customs duties, which means that on every $100 Customs duty an additional $10 Will be collected.
The purpose of the surtax is to make up for the loss which the abolltion of interport duties on June 1 will mean, Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance have been asked by the Legislative Yuan to draft a new tar schedule within a year, basing ow tari' rates on domestic condl-
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