Production; Releases, Revenues, Collection, and Rates of Duty During 1935
JHE following is a gist of the annual report for the 24th Year of the Chinese Republic, ies 1935, issued by the Chief Inspectorate of Salt Revenue of the Ministry of Finance The reported production of salt for the whole country in the year under review, excepting Liaoning and Outer Mongolia, totalled $2,674,000 crile (shih scale). Owing to over-produc-Mien in recent years, manufacture of salt. was placed under rigid control.
Szechuen, no new wells were authorized, and. the existing" works were readjusted, lowing: table shows percentages alimentary and fishery salt relosed according (0 duty. rates: a The production of salt in Fukien solar evaporation was. also, restricted. Consequently, the quantities of salt produced in Szechuen, and Fukien Districts in 1935 were reduced respectively by $5,000 and 620,000 Piculs (shih scale)' when compared with the preceding year.
Of all districts, Hutipel was the largest salt producing district of the year, with an output of 13,500,000 lewis (shih scale) or 25.04 per cent, of the per cent. of the total produeton for the whole country, Shantung Was second, with a production of 11,919,000 piculs, or 2263 per cent, of the total production of the year.
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