Rampant Smuggling as Main Cause: Consuls-General Alarmed: Questions in the Commons Tientsin, May 11. Customs revenue from TTentsin and the various Great Wall passes for the '2th seal year ending June 90, 1936, Is expected to register a decrease of over 80 per cent. as compared with that for the previous year, according Information from the local Customs authorities.
The main cause for the sharp fall in Customs revenue is the rampant] smuggling activities which have been going on through the demilitarized zone.
'Up to now, it was learned, there has already been a decrease of over $20- million, although exports have soared by the' amount of $100,000.
"The total Customs revenue for Tien-
{sin and the various Great Wall passes. for the 28rd fiscal year amounted to '$41 miliion—Contral News
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