Peiping, Sept. 16.
The consolidated tax for the month] Jor July amounted to $4,307,165 break all the records of the Tientsin Consolidated "Tax Bureau, according to the local Chinese press.
Another now record was set in the! next month, August, when the Tien-sin Consolidated Tax Bureatt realized 581,078 in tax showing an increase '$240,000 as compared with that of the previous month, the same reports than n year has passed but the Ministry of Finance, in a renewed effort Balance China's international trade, has deemed it necessary fur~ ther to restrict the movement of foreign goods. The Chekiang Prov-Ineial Government has just received an order to this effect, and it is ex-
Tokyo, Sept. 12.
The German-Manchoukuo trade agreement which expired on May 31 of this year, was renewed for one year retronciively as of June 1, the Foreign Office announced here today. pected that import merchants "in The new agreement was siged at Kinhwa, Wenchow and Lishul will Changchun by the Director of the be seriously affected by the order Manchoukuo Foreign Affairs Depart: since many of them have been im: ment, Mr. Wei Huan-shih, and the porting foreign goods, despite oficial Wagner—United Press.
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