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MENGTSZ AND YUNNANFUS

The Maritime Customs have largely increased their import duty, whilst the Con- sumption Tax is practically equivalent, so that the burden of taxation on foreign imported goods is very high. For this reason, foreign goods are beyond the reach of a number of buyers in this market.

Roads have continued to be improved and constructed. The figures given by the Bureau of construction are 1,502 kilometres open to traffic, 2,779 kilometres completed: except for bridges and culverts, and 3,784 kilometres under construction.

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The climate of Yunnanfu (altitude 6,400 feet) is temperate and good. From October to April, there'is very little rain and a good deal of wind, but in June, July, August and September which is the rainy season the rainfall is. about 49 inches in a year of heavy rain, and as low as 24 inches when the rains are poor. When the rain- fall is as low as the latter figure, there is a drought and the harvests are poor, and when as great as the first figure there are floods, and the harvest is similarly poor.

The foreign trade for Mengtsz, Yunnanfu, Pishihchai, etc. in 1932 was:

Imports, Hk. Tls..

Exports, do.

...

...

1932.

1931: 5,618,000 as compared 6,564,141 3,118,513**** with

5,863,905

*To this figure must be added about one million Hk. Tls. representing the value of tin declared for Chinese ports, but sold on its way through Hongkong.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE

DIRECTORY

MENGTS Z

COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE DES CHEMINS DE

FER DE L'INDO-CHINE ET DU. YUN-NAN

關自蒙 Meng tsz kwan

CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME-Cable Ad:

Customs, Yunnanfu

Commissioner-L. Peel (residing at

Yunnanfu)

Officer in charge (Mengtsz) — J. V.

Murphy

Officer-in-charge (Pishihchai)-J. V.

Murphy

Yunnanfu Office of the Mengtsz Cus-

toms:-

Assistants-Yeh Chaming, Ling Chan- ngau, Sih Polo and Peng Tsing-kai Examiners-F. J. Byrnes,

J. Byrnes, H. G..

Aydon and Yick Wang

Pishilichai Sub-office

Assistant-in-charge C. J. C. D.-L.

Basto

Examiners J. V. Murphy (at

:

Mengtsz) and Ko Loi-piu

Hokow Sub-office

Assistant-in-charge-C. J. C., D.-L.

Basto (residing at Pishihchai) Officer-in-charge-A. T. Powell.

DESCOURS, CABAUD ET CIE., Import and

Export

FRENCH CONSULATE

YUNNANFU

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE

J. Munié, manager

G. P. Lacam, accountant

COMPAGNIE PETROLES

G. Murad

FRANCO-ASIATIQUE

DES

COMPAGNIE OPTORG, Import and Ex-

port Merchants

BRITISH-Cable Ad: Britain

BRITISH-AMERICAN

(CHINA). LTD.

TOBACCO

COMPANY.

CONSULATES

Kung Hsiang, in charge

COMMERCIAL

PRESS, LTD. (Yunnan

Branch)

Consul-General for Yunnan and Kwei- chow-H. F. Handley Derry, C.B.E, Vice-Consul-(Vacant)