The drawing of the 22nd National State Lottery was held at the Canidrome on Friday afternoon in the presence of government officials and Tepresentatives of public bodies, The result of the drawing was as follows:—frst prize was won by ticket No, 101864, and the four second prizes were won by ticket Nos, 008877, 249470, 058004, and 140782. The first prize ticket was sold out through the mail department of the Dah Yung Ca, agents for six provinces of the State Lottery Administration, Tickets winning three of the four second-prizes were also sold in Shanghai through Chinese shops. Payment of various prizes will be commenced from May 16 at the Bank of China, the Central Bank, and the Bank of Communica tions, and its various branches.
Compared to the sugar tox of a dozen bf European countries, the Chinere tariff is the lowest, Mr, Feng said. China produced ' 15,000,000 piculs of sugar in four south-western provinces, but the amount dropped to 4,000,000 piculs in 1930 due to a veduetion of the tax and dumping of foreign products. A reduction of the sugar tax will therefore result in the final destruction of the Chinese sugar Industry, Mr, Feng concluded, was rebored in Chinese circles on Saturday that several Japanese members of the Sino-Japanese Trade Association had also protested against smuggling activities in the north, Burther reports on Smuggling vittas of pp. 289 and. 270.
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