Peking, July 7.
A communique states that at today's meeting of the Shantung Commission the Japanese delegates tabled the following statement of expenditure during the Japanese regime (1) Locomotives costing Y.5,130,000. (2) Cars costing Y. 5,630,000.
A suitable allowance for depreciation will be made.
The Japanese Commissioners consented to the Chinese proposal to send Chinese to work on the Tsingtao-Tsinan Railway prior to its transfer to China.
The Japanese also agreed in principle to the Chinese proposal regarding contracts and commitments of new undertakings by the Japanese Railway administration, as submitted to the last meeting.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.