The Archive · 1940

Peiping Awaits Banned Fur Supplies

Peiping, Nov. 1, White the prices of most commodi-Uiog are Soaring. the. price of fur ko declining beets 4 Large amount of tee lr soming to Peiping, according ta'lomt pros reports Since the. Montkiang authorities have laced reteaion en ihe export tut from" Mtengklang al the fur earl olmats oe, ner Hie! arent ur dealer tre honey' in debt ant have pel ihe Mengianna authorities or hip their noose It has been olticially "announced that to avoid losses by Chinese holders of Bank of Bngland noyes in the Interior of China who are unable to row ister at the date specified by the British Government, the Ministry of Finance of the Chinese National Government has ins.ructed the Bank of China and its branches to continue Yo accept Bank of England notes for reforwarding to London.

1 is stated that after the British Government announced the date for the collection of Bank of England Ynotes in all parts of the world, the Chinese Ministry of Finance design= fated the Bank of China to undertake, saisiration of the notes held by Chinese but "due to the short period of notice ax well as communication aiid culties in the interior of China, many Chinese holders of these notes were tunable to register them within the specified time limit."

'With a view to avoiding unnecessary losses by such holders, the Bank of China has received permission from the Ministry of Finance to continue' to accept the registration of Bank of England notes held by Chinese in the interior of China—Reuter, Living Costs i Tokyo,

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