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CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
Mr. Carnegie to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received July 2.)
(No. 224.) Sir,
C. O.
27401 (Jul 2.
TREC SECTION 2.26 JUL 06
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Peking, May 15, 1906.
WITH reference to Sir E. Satow's despatch No. 211 of the 3rd instant, I have the honour to forward to you herewith copy of a further despatch from His Majesty's Consul at Newchwang on the subject of Manchurian affairs.
I have, &c. (Signed)
LANCELOT D. CARNEGIE.
Inclosure in No. 1.
Consul Fulford to Mr. Carnegie.
(No. 31.) Sir,
Newchwang, May 10, 1906.
I HAVE the honour to inform you that the Japanese Premier, Marquis Saionji, whose visit here I reported in my despatch No. 27 of the 30th ultimo, has since been in Mukden holding long and very private conversations with the Chinese Governor-General Chao.
The Japanese local paper announces that Antung was opened to international trade by the Japanese Consul, Mr. Okabe, on the 1st instant, and that Mukden will be opened on the 1st June.
Mr. C. H. Oliver, Commissioner of Chinese Maritime Customs, arrived here from Shanghai on the 7th instant, and proceeds to Mukden to-morrow. His mission, so far as I can ascertain, is to consult with the Chinese Governor-General as to the customs arrangements at Mukden, Antung, and Ta Tung Kou.
The Japanese Kuantung Viceregal office was moved from Liaoyang to Port Arthur on the 7th instant.
In accordance with the previous understanding between the Japanese and Russian military authorities as to the dates of surrendering the sections of the railway between K'uan Cheng Tzu and Chang Tu Fu, Commissioners from both sides met lately, and on the 1st May the section up to Miao Tzu Kou was handed over to the Japanese. The local paper announces that the section up to Seu Ping Kai will be handed over to the Japanese on the 11th May, and the section up to Kung Chu Ling on the 1st June.
I have, &c. (Signed) H. E. FULFORD.
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