London, May 31.
It is announced that the Chinese Government as a result of negotiations, has requested Messrs, Vickers, Ld. to pay the coupon due on April 1 last out of certain funds in the hands of Messrs. Vickers belonging to the Chinese Government. This payment exhausts these funds. In view of the past difficulties in the payment of these coupons, negotiations are now pro-—ceeding to obtain specific security on the increased Maritime Customs revenue instead of the special security granted by the Chinese Government on surplus salt revenue, which is never actively effective—Reuter's Special Service.
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