Watching the Foreign Purchaser It is noted in the Chinese press: that convenience of boat and railway communication in the Lunghua district is bringing the neighbourhood into greater prominence in the matter of sites for industrial enterprises, with the result that the price of land there has gone up to $400 a mow. At the same time the idea is prevalent that foreigners are in search of land in the district, and accordingly the Military Governor has instructed the local tipao to watch for land deals of this nature. It has been reported that a Chinese in the employ of "a certain foreign hong" has beer directing inquiries connexion with the purchase of 100 raw of land upon which to constrict a cement works. The report adds that the tipao has been ordered to postpone transfer of the land until the nationality of the purchaser has been ascertained.
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