The Archive · 1936

Kuling Retrocession Agreement

Signature Celebrated By Chinese and British Kuling, Dec, 31.

'The new agreement' for the retrocession of Kuling, consisting of 14 articles, was ofcially signed on Monday morning by Chinese and British representatives at the Kuling Library. Signature of the agreement was celebrated in champagne by the Chinese and British delegates, the latter composed mainly of directors of, the Kuling Board.

The Kuling estates will oMcially be "handed over to the Chinese authorities at a ceremony to be held to-morrow morning, New Year's Day, at 10 o'clock, Following the ceremony the Chinese authorities will be hosts at a banquet in honour of the British members—Centrat News, *+eFull report on page 50."

Manchurian Ports 1 should be noted that subsequent to the seizure In mid-1932 of the Customs establishments at the Manchuria ports, no quota has been made available to the Government from that region, or from Dairen, towards the payment of the various tean an Indemnity obligations secured on th Customs Revenue—Icuo Min, 1

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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