CUSTOMS TARIFF
CHINESE PROMULGATION ATTITUDE OF BRITAIN British Official Wireless. (Received. 15th December, 11 a.m.) EUGBY, 14th December. ' Mr. J. Loeker-Lampson, Under-See-retary for Foreign Affairs, in a written reply to a Parliamentary question, states that in tlio Note dated sth December, the Minister for Foreign Affairs for China notified the British Minister that a new Chinese Customs tariff had been promulgated, and would come into force on Ist February. | With tho exception of certain articles which aro subject to special rates, the [ rates of duty appear to be identical [ with those of the interim schedule accepted by the foreign delegations in. 1926. Tho Commercial Secretary at Shanghai has been instructed to make a detailed examination of the tariff and report any discrepancies. No reply, so far as he was aware, had been returned to the Note of the Foreign Minister. Mr. Loekex-Lampson states that Sir Miles Lampson's visit to Nanking does not indicate recognition of the National Government of China by tho British Government, but a do jure recognition would be a necessary consequence of tho signature of any treaty which might bo concluded as the result of tho negotiations which Sir Miles Lampson is now conducting.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 132, 15 December 1928, Page 9
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197CUSTOMS TARIFF Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 132, 15 December 1928, Page 9
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