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iver, of which there meaned a wasonable prospect in
Saxoh has een further postponed, for no very good
resson, although the additional Japanese se:bere of the
Custores staff, whose arrival was to be the prelude to
thaioi.
reopening, have leady taken up their posin.
One of
the canin obutacles to the re-opening of the river to
noriand navigation in the
Dommus private profite me de
by certain individuals by connivance in the "tug and
lighter service” plying between canton and Hongkong in
spite of the official clomu
ha riva^, and by whi h
any ma zohandise can be forwarded to Hongkong provi·led
the shipper is willing to pay the outrageour fees de-
manded, which, in the onse of silk, for example, amount
to as much as 33- of the value of the goods.
several
busineda.
hinese companies engaged in this lucrati
Prompective cargo is first submitted to the
military und mval authorities, who, if they shink fit,
rove, and collect the flat mum of 15 ad valorems.
The rezohandise is then put lato ligh: r# and towa
bintin by vessels bearing the Japaneme "ran
to
Transport ・·108.
in or
At sintin a Hongkong registered tug takea oe?
ansen, the convoy goes straight through to Hongkong #ith-
out change.
It is autho-itatively stated that the average
net profit on one trip is HK$80,000. As long as powerful
individuals have much a strong vented interest in the
continued closure of the river, it is possible that they
may be able to delay reopening for some time, although
reopening would most probably raoult very quickly in the
revival of deaton's prosperity, provided it were not
accompanied by too many harapering restrictions and ragu-
lation.
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