AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
THE INDEMNITY QUESTION. CHINESE FEARS. PER PRE S ASSOCIATION. Received 31,0 30 a.m. HtKG Kong, July 30. Too Minist-w have notified the Chinese* envoys that the Powers hav> agre»d upon an indemnity of 450,000,000 taeJs. The Chinese indemnity is to bs payibl from the balance of the maritmie Customs, native Gustums and salt tax. The import taiifl'is aUoto be raised to ■5 per cent., dependent on the conversion of ad valorem into specific duties. The Cbisese fear that the welcome iccorded at St. Petersburg to the Thibean mission is designed to strengthen Russian diplomatic action when the question is reopened. Thf-rs is an improvement in the course of the Peiho and Shanghai riveis.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 169, 31 July 1901, Page 3
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116AFFAIRS IN CHINA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 169, 31 July 1901, Page 3
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