Shanghai, 9th July. Before Tadtai Tsar Curls, President of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs at Nanking, und Sir Nicuoras J. Haxxex, LIB.
Consul-General.
Bewsentz v. THE Kiancnay Deresce' Pay Deranruest.
This was a resumed sitting of a Court constituted under the provisions of Article 17 of the Tientsin Treaty of 1858 and Section 2, Sub-section 3, of the Chefoo Convention 1878, to enquire into the claim by Messrs. Bennertz and Ca. aguinst. the Kiangnan Defence and Pay Department.
Mr. H. P. Wilkinson, with whom was Mr. E. Nelson (Messrs Johnson, Stokes and Master), appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. W. V. Drummond for the defendants.
Upon the Court assembling, Mr. Wilkinson said that as regarded the translation of the charter-party he quite saw that Mr. Drummond's suggestion anight facilitate business in ordinary cases, hat in the present instance unfortunately he could not agree to any translation except Mr. Fox's as a basis, amended in scase of disagreement by Mr. Scott and Mr.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.