The amended text of Clause 3 of the agreement published in the " North-China Daily News" of the 20th May, is ordered for publication, and it is noted that every safeguard for subscribers' interests being thus provided there now remains no further point for discussion after codification of the schedule which will be completed ut an early date "In Consideration of the premises. the Company shall provide and maintain "first class Telephone service inelnding all reasonable modera inventions within the Settlements and shall execute all necessary works with doe care and in accordance with the rales of art and with modern practice.
Provided that if the Company shall in the opinion of the Council fail at any time to faithfully discharge all or any of the obligations imposed upon the company by this or any other clause in this agreement, the Council may at once require the question as to whether or not the Company has faithfully discharged or is faithfully discharging its obligations to be referred to arbitration under Clause 20 hereof. And provided further that if 334 per cent of the Company's subscribers shall at any time make complaint to the Councils with regard to the efficient working of the Company's service the Coaneils shall, it they consider the complaint warranted, be entitled to refer the matter of int to arbitration under Particulars are submitted as to a proposal in reference to the transportation of cattle by rail from the interior for consumption in the Settle ment, with a view to evasion of the operations of the new lekin collectorate.
This scheme involving the placing of monopoly in the hands of certain natives, is regarded as unacceptable.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.