§ 8. Mr. Dayasked the Prime Minister whether he can make a statement as to the position of the revenue collected by the present Customs authorities in China?
§ Mr. ButlerThe revenues collected in areas in North China which are occupied by the Japanese military forces are being deposited in the Yokohama Specie Bank at Tientsin in the name of the Tientsin Commissioner of Customs, while those collected in other parts of China are deposited in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank at Shanghai in the names of the Inspector-General and Commissioner of Customs at that port. The arrangements to be made for the disposal of the Customs revenues from the occupied areas and the service of the foreign loans partly secured thereon are now being discussed with the Japanese Government.
§ Mr. DayAre we to understand that there has been no dispossession of any of the revenues collected?
§ Mr. ButlerI said that their whole position is being discussed with the Japanese Government.