tiate with CE Br Hua loan of fifteen rallion The Hongkong Bank is trying to 1
taels to be used in extending the Peking Tine of railroad as far of Kinchow. The agreement is still under discussion, One clause therein is a good one; it states "that the present European staff shall remain i charge, a8 long as the. syndicate that the Hongkong Bank shall obtain to float the Joan holds any claim, either for interest or principal, against the railroad. 'The guarantee is the roadway, rolling stock, all earnings, foreign accountant and' fifty Uhousand fuels per annum for ten years, paid by the Board of Revenue from receipts from the four provinces of Anhui, Honan, Hupeh and Shansi.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.