Nanking, Jan, 20, In accordance with the recom= mendation of its Secretariat, the Executive Yuan, at its 297th meeting yesterday, decided upon the esta-Diishment, jointly by the Executive and Judicial Yuans, of a special organ for the settlement of disputes between administrative and judicial organs Jover questions of jurisdiction in cases where the people seek redress for Infringement of their rights.
Tt was decided that q memorandum slying the reasons for the establishment of such an organ and the genral. principles relating. thereto be drafted jointly by the Executive Yuan fand the Judicial Yuan for submission to the Central Political Committee for approval, so that necessary legislation may be passed by the Lagislaive Yuan on the Base of these greatly augmented the huge stocks of smuggled goods already lying in the latter. port and awaiting favourable opportunities for distribution to the interior; and it is estimated that the duty leviable but not liquidated on such cargo during the year 1930 aggregated altogether about $80; 'The' recently devised Customs Procedure on the Railways has checked effectively the distribution fof smuggled goods southward by rail, but considerable quantities of illeit cargo are finding their way to the interior by motor trucks, escorted by armed foreign smug: Hers. The revenue collections of Chinwangtao and Tientsin (pledged for the service of the foreign indemnities and loans secured on the Customs) have progressively declined of late and are some 30 per cent, lower than they were a few years ago before smuggling became rampant; and the revenue at other ports in the North, og. Tsingtao, ha also suffered as a result of restrictions Placed on Customs preventive activities.
Kerotone all figures prominently among the illicit goods pouring Into North China; and there 1s evidence that nareotles are also being smuggled {in increasing quantities—Kuo Min, Kwanglung Takings tnereaso Canton, Jan, 25.
As a result of the adoptiea of strict anti-smuggling measures, the revenue of the Kwangtung Maritime Customs has registered a considerable increase, the figure for Decom= ber, 1930, being $27,624.40, This represents the duty collected In five stations: Sheklung, Taiping, Yungki, Szokiu and Chentsun—Central News,
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