Changehun, Nov, 15.
The port of Newchwang, which fg the most important harbour for Manchoukuo, "is expected to be brought under the management of the new government, as negotiations for \its "retrocession. between the administration and. the local consular body, are making favourable repress. A final settlement, however, will have to wait until approval from the various foreign ministers to China, Under terms of an agreement signed in 1914, the port and. the Liao. River waterways are under the control of the Liao River Construction Commission, a neutral organisation, comprising the Japan-ce, British, American, German, French, and Norwegian Consuls, the Customs Commissioner, the Superintendent of Customs, ami representatives of local United Merchants' Association, Expenses for the improvement of the harbour as well as. the waterways, so far have been met by the receipts of Customs surtaxes amounting to 300,000 yuan annual-while, upon retrocession of the ort andthe waterways, the government. intends. to spend a. farther sum of 300,000 yuan annually for the improvement-—Rengo.
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