The details of the new Land Regulations for Harbin have recently been made public and cen-sist of a pro-comble followed by' three articles, the text is herewith appended and' it will be seen there is now a great deal of restriction on. foreigners obtaining land leases, First of all, he must obey Chinese: national laws, and secondly, he must use the property for himself and not for speculative poses. It is presumed th of countries enjoying extra rights will not submit to th gulations, but the Chinese are likely the muni In the event of their wishing to sell, they will be able to make the transfer to another foreigner through their respective consulates.
Tt now remains to be seen what attitude the Consular Body will take from now on when some foreigner wishes to acquire property. It is pretty sure that the Chinese officials will refuse to register any transfer the case that the buyer will not abide by Chinese lay to recognise this law the transfer will not be in the would-be buyer attitude that the Chinese have taken in the pose as far as Russia concerned, and we know of a case where a Russian owner sold his property to a Soviet concern, receiving a certain amount as bargain money. 'The actual tranter has not taken place though more than a year' has passed, because the Land Department refuse to recognize this and want to force the seller's hand in handing over the property to Chinese buyers, who wish to buy at a much lower price than what the owner has actually sold for.
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