Nanking, Jan, 14 The request of the Provincial Government of Kiangsu for a loan of £14,000 from the Sino-British Boxer Indemnity Commission for the pur-ichaso of machinery for serial surveys was granted by the board of trustees of the commission at a meet Ing held to-day. The meeting attended by Messrs. Chu Chia-hua, (chairman), R. Calder-Marshall, Yer Hong Liu, Tyeng Yar The Board also approved requests from the Ministry of Industry for 2 toan of $100,000 for the construction of a central machine-shop, and from the Ministry of Railways for $1,250, 1000 for the completion of the Canton-Hankow Railway. A petition from from the Hwai River Conservancy jon for a loan to purchase on behalf of the Tientsin Hydraulle Institute also was sanctioned—Central News.
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