Delegates of the various foreign Powers to the Customs Tariff Conference express deep regret at the death of Mr. Oki Hioki, Chief Japanese delegate to the Conference, while the Chinese delegates such as Admiral Tsai Ting-kan and Dr. Wang Chung-hui deplore that the Conference has lost Mr, Hioki before its resumption.
According to the staff of the Japanese Legation, the late Mr. Hioki, on the occasion of his departure from Peking, left a few. copies of his photograph in the Legation, saying, "The photographs
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