Electricity Peking, Aug. 7.
At the twelfth meeting of the First Section of the Sino-Japanese Commission to-day, the Japanese, delegates tabled the following (1), the reply to the Chinese proposal, for the cancellation of the permit authorizing the establishment of an! electric plant at Szefang, (2) the reply to tha Chinese proposal to} transfer to the Customs sub-com-wittes the disposal of the lighthouse and harbour administration buildings, (3) 2 memorandum of the, interpretation of Articles 23 and 24, of the Shantung Treaty, and (4)! contracts concerning public benevolent institutions.
The, Chinese have reserved the right to reply to the three first Japanes statements while the! fourth will be disposed of together with others of the same nature. There was a Iengthy and inconclusive mission regarding the Japan-; ese views concerning electric light, stockyards and laundries.—The, Japanese inquired about the degree' of foreign representation and man-' agement of public works as stated, in Paragraph 2 of Annex 2. The, Chinese replied that this will be provided for by the Tsingtao Municipal Charter which is being draft-; ed.—Reuter.
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