TO UTU
within the British Concession at Canton will be
found embodied in the 2nd Article of "The Shameen
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Land Regulations 1908." In the 44 acres which the
on Shameen comprises, there is a con-
Concession
siderable number of German lot-holders and also a
German Consulate held under a lease gor 99 years
under the conditions described in Earl Granville's
despatch No. 140 of the 27th December, 1883.
Somewhat similar conditions obtain at Tientsin
and Hankow, the principal difference being that at
these two Ports the German Government have Con-
cessions of their own and have less occasion to make
use of our Concession for the trade and residence of
their subjects. At Tientsin the German Consulate
was formerly in the British Concession and on its
removal to the German Concession the lease was I
understand, made over for the original term of 99
years to the German Bank which still functions in
the British Concession. On the other hand, a con-
siderable number of British subjects reside in the
German