CO129-482 - Public Offices - 1923 — Page 381

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There are also local revenues from the Wine and

racco, Stamp, Land, and minor taxes, which are insuff-

ient to meet the needs of even the local administration.

ose interested in the maintenance of law and order

the capital are chiefly concerned about the lack of

her to meet the police and educational expenses, for

1ch 2500,000 and $300,000 respectively per month are

Trosed to be required. The Legations and Banks interested

the Salt revenues have been approached with a proposal

or monthly advances of 8800,000 for a period of six

tre, to be repaid by the Banks recouping themselves

of the Salt surplus passing through their hands at

end of that period. The scheme, which is promoted by

ominent statesmen nominally unconnected with the present

litical situation, such as Patung Fai-ling, Wang Ta-

Heh, and Sun Pao-ch'1, contemplates these advances being made

at to the Ministry of Finance but to a non-official

itted, which would supervise the expenditure of the

nds for police and educational purposes, if necessary

Ith foreign co-operation, repayment being at the same

me guaranteed by the Government, after the manner of the

mine Relief Loan of a few years ago. These proposals

lustrate the depths to which the Central Government has

To the repesent at ions and requests for suport made

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