The barricades remained in place until the late afternoon of March 17 following which sewerage and water-drainage systems, which had been cut of in the meantime, were restored agreement with regard to the lifting" of the siege was entered into between the Shanghai Municipal Council' and the Shanghai City Government, the main" point the agreement being that the taxes were tobe paid over to the City Government, "that the two bodies should open negotiations regarding the payment of the tax in the future, and that inthe event of the negotiations breaking down, the tax money should bbe handed over to the Council by the City Government.
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