Tokio, Nov. 23.
According to the " Yamato, the sale of enemy property Japan is proceeding slowly, owing perty to the value of Yen 10,000,000 to the economic depression.
Pro-hag been sold up to the present, and Yen 13,000,000 worth remains to be sold. The prices realized are much lower than were anticipated. Eleven hundred patents have been offered for sale, resulting in 700 bids, but only two sales. Half the proceeds will go to ex-enemies. The sale of enemy property at Tsingtao is proving a difficult matter owing to. the uncertainty us to the future of the rest.
The Privy Council having _approved the Berne Treaty of June 30, is reinstating several hundred foreign industrial rights which lapsed from various causes during' the war.—Reuter.
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