Foreign missionaries leasing land under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Elly Government will have to ister with the Bureau of and and a registration fee of one per Cent. of the total rent for the whole Period of the lease, according to regtations promulgated by the Bureau In the Chinese papers yesterday. It Ig understood the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Interior have approved these regulations, which were sanctioned and submit: ted to Nanking by the City Government some time ago.
The regulations read:
Art, 1:—Foreign missionaries, permitted by existing Treaties, may Tease land for the establishment of churches, hospitals, and -schools.
Art 2:—While the procedure of the leasing of land is defined by there regulations, the regulations governing the leasing of land by foreign missionaries in the interior, promulgated by the Ministry of Foreign "Affairs must also be observed.
Both the foreign mission (Gessse) and the lemon should apply.
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