Nanking, Sept. 9. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs nsued to-day the text of the Sino-Belgian Agreement for the rendition of the Belgian Concession in Tien-sin which was signed on August 31, The agreement with four an-neces follows, all being transmitted by. Kuo Min, The Belgian Government. being desirous, with a view to strengthening the bonds of friendship existing "between Belgium and to restore on its own fe and without compensation to the National Government of the Re-
Within one month after the coming into force of the present Agreement, the title deeds and certificates of private property issued by the Belgian Consulate for land situated in the Belgian Concession shall be handed over to the Chinese authority concerned who shall issue in exchange certificates for perpetual Tease. A registration feo of one dollar per mow shall be charged. The Chinese authority concerned will issue the new certificates within 1 period of a month, public of China that Belgian Concession in Tientsin which was granted to it by the Sino-Belgian Convention of February 6, 1902 (28th day of the 12th month of she 27th year of Kuang Hsu), the two Governments have for this purpose appointed: their Plenipotentiaries, that is to, say:
H. E, the President of the National Government of the Republic of Chin Dr. Ping Ling, Adviser of the Treaty Commission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; "Mr, Kwangeting Chao, Section "Chief of the Land Department of the Ministry of the Interior; Dr, Tzon-fah Hwang, Minister Plenipotentiavy, Attorney at Law; LIH. "Tebong, Commis-First Special Area HW, M, the King of the Belgians:—"Baron Jules Guillaume, Coun-soller of Legation, Chevalier de VOrdre de Léopoldj The present Agreement shall be ratified a8 soon as possible and shall come into force on the day on which the two Governments shall have ifed each other that the ratification has been effected.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.