Annual State! nent to Ministry of Finance Show an Improvement During Last Year The following statement of Chinese Maritime Customs revenue collection for the year 1937 has been submitted by Sir Frederick Maze, Inspectcr-General of the Chinese Maritime Customs, to Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister of Finance of the National Government of the Republic of China The Customs revenue for 1937, The total collection or the first seven, months of the year 1637, amounting to $262,260,000 apprcximately, constitutes a record collec tion for such a period, and provides ample justification fcr the assumption that if hostilities had not broken out in the North in July 1937 and Shanghai in August 1937 the record composed of import and export collection of $38,510,000 made in the duties, interport duty (and interport year 1931 would have been exceeded surtax), tonnage dues, flocd relief by this year's collection. surtax and revenue surtax, amounted to $342,900,000, approximately, as Feretgn Loans Service compared with $324,630,000 for 1996.
The service (1) of (Year-end collections made at Soo-german Loan of 1898, the Anglo-of the chow and Hangchow are not included in the figure for 1937 owing to the non-receipt of reports from these two ports)
The contribution under each heading towards this total, as well a the corresponding figures for 193 are Boxer Indemnity obi tions and (3) of the 1913 Reorganization Loan has been provided for n full from the Customs Revenue during the year at a total cost of $76,911,283.76, s compared with $76,728,395.72 expended on the same account during 1936. shown below:
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.