The price of native rice sold in the Settlement at present is about $114 per picul This price is lower than the one quoted in Pengpu, as reported above. Pengpu is near Wuhu, a most important rice-producing district in central China. The "Central China Daily News" reported yesterday that there was practically no rice sold in rice shops in Chingkiang, Kiangsu, and that the shortage was very acute, In Shanghai, the same problem continues to worry authorities in the foreign areas, On Tuesday, representatives of rice bodies here visited, authorities of the Shanghai Municipal Council to discuss relief measures. It has not been disclosed what exact subjects were discussed, but it was learned that rice merchants wanted to have their sources of supply increased. The Chinese press in general complains that there has been very little business done in the Shanghai Rice Market, it being asserted that secret dealings have been held outside the market, as merchants did not wish to follow officially fixed prices, The rice hongs in both foreign areas are agitating for their daily quota of 10,000 piculs, which they cannot obtain from the market.
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