Goods from Settlement and Concession to Be Taxed The Finance Bureau of the "Great Way" City Government has decided to collect taxes on goods entering the areas under its administration from the International Settlement and the French Concessio well as from other ports, according to a Chinese report.
According to a notice issued on Thursday, the Pootung regime is to collect 60 cents on a tin of kerosene, while the taxes on Shaohing and Kaoliang, Chinese wines, are 60 cents and $1 per picul respectively, the report says.
The Bureau has further decided to take over all the properties formerly owned by the Shanghai City Government. Among the properties already seized include the buses operating between Chowchiatu and Kaomiao in Pootung, the Hsin Yeh Trust and Shih Fang Terrace in Pootung. The latter was built as a part of a model village plan.
consists of 60 houses and shops, which will be let by the Bun
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