Peking, Jan. 27.
The Whangpoo Conservancy has decided to request the countries which are members of the Consultative Board—viz., Great Britain, America, France, Japan and the Netherlands—to nominate..a consulting engineer, who is a specialist in harbour and river work, to attend a conference at Shanghai on October 15 on the question of developing the port of Shanghai.
(J) on the basis of the approaches and draught limit remaining as at present, and (2) for the probable maximum draught of Pacific ships.—Reuter.
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