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July 13, 19C2
'Jvo
IN TIBET
CONTROL ORDER
J
Prices of things are reported to be
failing in Lhasa, the capital town of
Tibet, due to recent control orders pro-
mulgated by the Chinese authorities there
which allows only 10% profit on con-
sumers goods and 15% on luxury goods.
The result, says a businessman from
Lhasa, has been very good in as much
as the difference in prices of things
exported to Tibet from Kalimpong is
very little compared to those at Kalim-
pong which formerly used to be very
great.
' .p*Further, His Holiness The Dalai
present order banning the public
'manufacture of ‘CHANG'-Beer-and spirits
brewed and distilled from barley in
Lhasa and Gyantse has also resulted in
an appreciable fall in the price of barley
which is the staple food of Tibet.
Scarcity of rainfall in the Lhasa-
Gyantse area threatens the production
of crops this year. Chinese troops in a
grow more food campaign have brought
under cultivation hundreds of acres of
land which are normally allowtd to remain
fallow. The tlneat of scanty rainfall is
also being met by wide spread irrigation
schemes by utilising the waters of the
river Tsangpo-Branioputra - in the Gyantse
area.
While every possible effort is being
done to raise good crop in Tibet itself
all arrangements are complete to bring
Chinese rice into Tibet. One thousand
tons 'very good quality rice’ from Chii a
is on its way to Tibetan lands. Under
the supervision of the Govt, of India
the rice in one matind bags are being sent
TO-DAY:
PROMULGATED.
to Siliguri from where these will be trans-
ported to Gangtok by the Sikkim State
Transport Service. At Gangtok the
Govt, of India is supposed to handover
the bags to the Chinese authorities who
will arrange their transportation to Tibet
by mule caravan. All available mules
are being reserved for carrying these
rice bags to different parts of Tibet
which has created a flutter amongst
private merchants who feel great difficulty
in finding mules to carry their goods to
Tibet either from Kalimpong or from
Gangtok. The muloteers however are
reported to bo happy as the Chinese are
paying them well for the services of
their mules.
Introduction of control order in
Tibet limiting profit to 10 and 15 percent
on consumer and luxury goods respecti-
vely has brought a slump in Kalimpong
market where merchants have been storing
up things for export to Tibet when wool
situation improves. .Milk products, tinned
fruits and biscuits, torch batteries, con-
fectionary and many other tilings are
being oltered for sale at present at
Calcutta prices and even then things are
not moving.
The newly formed Himalayan Syn-
dicate, however-continue sending tilings
from Calcutta to Tibet-via Kalimpong
and Gangtok which though disturbing
to local merchants has kept markets in
Tibet moderately supplied with essential
commodities.
The Himalayan Syndicate, it is
further learnt is negotiating with several
('Continued on page 11)
Kalimpong, July 9
July 13, 19C2
'Jvo
IN TIBET
CONTROL ORDER
J
Prices of things are reported to be
failing in Lhasa, the capital town of
Tibet, due to recent control orders pro-
mulgated by the Chinese authorities there
which allows only 10% profit on con-
sumers goods and 15% on luxury goods.
The result, says a businessman from
Lhasa, has been very good in as much
as the difference in prices of things
exported to Tibet from Kalimpong is
very little compared to those at Kalim-
pong which formerly used to be very
great.
' .p*Further, His Holiness The Dalai
present order banning the public
'manufacture of ‘CHANG'-Beer-and spirits
brewed and distilled from barley in
Lhasa and Gyantse has also resulted in
an appreciable fall in the price of barley
which is the staple food of Tibet.
Scarcity of rainfall in the Lhasa-
Gyantse area threatens the production
of crops this year. Chinese troops in a
grow more food campaign have brought
under cultivation hundreds of acres of
land which are normally allowtd to remain
fallow. The tlneat of scanty rainfall is
also being met by wide spread irrigation
schemes by utilising the waters of the
river Tsangpo-Branioputra - in the Gyantse
area.
While every possible effort is being
done to raise good crop in Tibet itself
all arrangements are complete to bring
Chinese rice into Tibet. One thousand
tons 'very good quality rice’ from Chii a
is on its way to Tibetan lands. Under
the supervision of the Govt, of India
the rice in one matind bags are being sent
TO-DAY:
PROMULGATED.
to Siliguri from where these will be trans-
ported to Gangtok by the Sikkim State
Transport Service. At Gangtok the
Govt, of India is supposed to handover
the bags to the Chinese authorities who
will arrange their transportation to Tibet
by mule caravan. All available mules
are being reserved for carrying these
rice bags to different parts of Tibet
which has created a flutter amongst
private merchants who feel great difficulty
in finding mules to carry their goods to
Tibet either from Kalimpong or from
Gangtok. The muloteers however are
reported to bo happy as the Chinese are
paying them well for the services of
their mules.
Introduction of control order in
Tibet limiting profit to 10 and 15 percent
on consumer and luxury goods respecti-
vely has brought a slump in Kalimpong
market where merchants have been storing
up things for export to Tibet when wool
situation improves. .Milk products, tinned
fruits and biscuits, torch batteries, con-
fectionary and many other tilings are
being oltered for sale at present at
Calcutta prices and even then things are
not moving.
The newly formed Himalayan Syn-
dicate, however-continue sending tilings
from Calcutta to Tibet-via Kalimpong
and Gangtok which though disturbing
to local merchants has kept markets in
Tibet moderately supplied with essential
commodities.
The Himalayan Syndicate, it is
further learnt is negotiating with several
('Continued on page 11)
Kalimpong, July 9