Peking, Nov. 29.
A total of $8,500,000 has already beun subscribed towards the $10,000,- 000 of the lith year domestic Joan secured on the Russian indemnity. Everyone here is convinced that it will be over-subscribed because politics and changes of Government have nothing to do with it and because both the terms and the security are the best that have ever been offered for a Chinese domestic loan.
The semi-annual payment of in terest on the four-Power Hukuang Railway Loan falls due here on December 3 and is payable to bondholders on December 15. Previous payments have been met out of Salt revenue. The interest this year, excluding all but validated German bonds, will probably amount to about Mex. $1,500,000, the exact amount being dependent upon exchange fluctuations. During the war Sales of these bonds from England, France and Germany to America were heavy and it is assumed that nearly half of the total issue of £6,000,000 is now held by the American public.
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