NEW CHINESE TARIFF
PROMULGATION NOTIFIED SAME AS INTERIM SCHEDULE British Official Wireless. Reed. 11 a.m. RUGBY, Friday. Mr. G. T. Locker-Lampson, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, in a written reply to a Parliamentary question, states that in his Note dated December 5. the Minister for Foreign Affairs for China notified the British Minister that the new Chinese Customs tariff had been promulgated and would come into force on February 1. with the exception of certa'n articles which are subject to special rates. The rates of duty appear to be identical with those of the interim schedule accepted by the foreign delegations in 1926. The commercial secretary at Shanghai has been instructed to make a detailed examination of the tariff and report any discrepancies. No reply, so far as he was aware, had been returned to the Note of the Foreign Minister. Mr. Locker-Lampson states that Sir Miles Lampson’s visit to Nanking does not indicate recognition of the National Government of China by the British Government, but de jure recognition would be a necessary consequence of the signature of any treaty which might be concluded as a result of the negotiations which Sir Miles Lampson is now conducting.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 538, 15 December 1928, Page 9
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