Nanking, Apr. 3.
In_secordance with the terms of the Sino-British Agreement for the rendition of the British Settlement at Kuling, an advisory committee has been created by the Kiangsi Provineial Government, and four Chinese and three foreigners have been invited to serve as members.—Kuo Min, Nanking, Apr. 1.
The Ministry of Finance to-day requested the Hunan Provincial Government and the Shanghai City Govern ment to ban private lotteries in places under their respective jurisdictions.
This step, it is understood, was taken. upon the receipt of information from the National State Lottery Administra-ton that private lottery concerns have appeared at Changteh and Liuyang in northern Hunan, and that American relief lotteries are on sale in Shanghai, Central News.
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