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ton in 1930 totalled some 43,000 feet making the city have, in all, some fifty miles of well laid, well-paved and well-drained thoroughfares. As already stated the growth in importation of gasoline shows that the number of motor vehicles is rapidly increasing the number,is; however, compared with Euro pean cities of an equal size still minute, there being at the end of 1930, in all, only 572 motor cars; 129 lorries;; 133 motor-buses; and 76 motor cycles. Sixteen buses are now engaged on a service running from Canton to a point on the river bank opposite to Whampoa.
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The total road construction programme for 1931 is 72,000 foot of new road but it is possible that disturbed political conditions may prevent this being carried out for on the 28th April a bloodless coup d'état occurred. The Chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Government, Chen Ming-shu, a loyal supporter, of Nanking, suddenly found it expedient to leave, Canton. His place was taken by the Mayor of Canton who became Chairman in his stead, but the real power passed into the hands of General Chan Chai-tong com- manding the local troops. He declared his independence of Nanking. A separate government calling itself the National Government of China, which denies the legality of that at Nanking, was set up, Eugene Ch'en becoming its Foreign Minister. Arrangements for a northern expedition to capture Hankow and subsequently Nanking were given much publicity in the local Press but it is questionable whether such military preparations as were made were in- tended mainly for offensive or defensive purposes. The recruiting of troops to swell the local forces, and purchases of arms and munitions have naturally led to increased taxation and had a somewhat adverse effect upon trade. Floods in the North and East River Districts have further aggravated an already adverse situation. Towards the close of the year, however, negotia- tions led to the re-union of Canton and Nanking, and local independence was subsequently called off.
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DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT
KWANGTUNG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
Chairman Lin Yun-chieh Department of Civil Affairs (Min
Cheng Ting)-Lin Yi-chung Department of Finance (Ts'ai
Cheng Ting)Au Feng-fu Department of Education (Chiao
Yu T'ing)-Hsieh Ying-chou Department: of Reconstruction
(Chien Sheh Ting)-Lin
Ting) Lin Yun-
chieh
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CANTON MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT Mayor Liu Chi-wen
Bureau of Social Affairs (Sheh Hui
Chu) Jim Kook-chi
Bureau of Public Safety (Kung An
Chu)-Ho Loh
Bureau of Finance (Ts'ai Cheng
Chu)-Liu Ping-kong
Bureau of Public Works (Kung Wu
Chu)-Yuan Mong-hsiung Bureau of Public Health (Wei
Sheng Chu)-Ho Chi-chang
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