Enclosure No. 2 in Mr. Consul-General Phillips' Despatch No. 136 of the 28th November, 1930.
T. nslation.
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Extract from "Hsien Hsiang Pao". November 25th, 1930.
Report Regarding Chungshan.
Telegram from the Capital.
The Executive Yuan has received a report from the
Ministry of Finance to the effect that since Chungshan
has been established as a free port, smuggling has daily
increased causing a loss to the national revenue of
several hundred thousand dollars; the Executive Yuan
instructed the Ministry of Finance on the 22nd (? November)
that permission is given to apply the Customs regulations
temporarily to all imports and exports passing through
Chung shan.