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shall be made in the presence of the owner of the undertaking or his substitute, and, in case of their absence, before two witnesses.
12. The verification and the writing of the Protocol shall not interfere with the proceeding of the trade or other work in the establishment; but if a trade or industrial establishment is conducted without a trading licence, and if during a month's time it shall not be procured, such establishment shall be immediately closed, about which Protocol in explanation shall be made in writing.
13. The Protocol in regard to the infractions found shall be laid before the Administration of the railway not later than three days after it is written, or by the first mail, for the collection of the required payment by an administrative order.
14. For any infraction of these obligatory Regulations, the guilty owners of trade and industrial establishments shall be subject, according to the nature of the infraction, to the payment of a fine not exceeding 100 roubles, or to arrest for one month.
These obligatory Regulations shall be enforced from the date of their publication.
For the Manager of the Railway,
(Signed) B. GRONBCHEVSKY.
January 10 (23), 1908.
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The total holdings would therefore be:-
Along the main line, exclusive of Newchwang Along the Antung line Total..
Acres.
6,665 2,916 10,671
These so-called railway settlements are invariably situated between the railway line and the native cities served thereby, and at Tiehling I am informed the Japanese tract embraces all the desirable land between the city, the railway, and the Liao River.
I have, &c.
(Signed) W. D. STRAIGHT, Consul-General.
Inclosure 9 in No. 1.
Mr. Straight to Mr. Fletcher.
Sir,
February 7, 1908.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the Legation instruction of the 30th January, 1908, in which you direct me to report upon the location and extent of the territory of the South Manchurian Railway Company.
In reply to my inquiries, the Japanese Consul-General and Major Sato, the confidential aide of Baron Goto, have informed me that, while the boundaries of the so-called railway settlements are still the subject of negotiations with the Chinese authorities, the extent thereof is approximately as follows:-
Mukden Liaoyang Tieling Kungchuling Total
Acres.
1,666 1,250-1,666 1,250 2,083 6,665
At Kaiping, Tashihchiao, Haicheng, Anshantien, Kaiyuan, Changtu, and other minor stations along the railway, less extensive areas, aggregating about 3,332, are held by the Railway Company.
The tracts mentioned above were originally acquired by the Russian Chinese Eastern Railway. Japanese attempts to add thereto have provoked Chinese protests and are responsible for the present boundary disputes.
At Newchwang ground (area unstated) acquired by the Japanese Military Administration, shortly after the reinstatement of Chinese authority at that place, turned over to the South Manchuria Railway Company (see Mr. Pontius' despatch of the 23rd February, 1907, to the Legation).
At Kuanchengtzu over 1,000 acres have been pre-empted, and at Antung there are 2,916 acres held by the railway and by the Kuangtung Government. This tract has been nominally divided as follows: 972 acres for the exclusive use of the South Manchurian Railway Company, and 1,944 to be administered by the Consul for the Government of the Kuangtung leased territory (see my despatch of the 28th April, 1907).
For all practical purposes, however, this land may be considered railway territory, both by virtue of its present administration and in view of the Japanese assertion that in case China did not recognize the forcibly acquired land titles at Antung, the tract pre-empted would be considered to be a railway settlement, and would be held as such.
At Fengchuangcheng, Tsaohokou, Chiaotou, Pehchihu, and other points along the Mukden-Antung line, there are small holdings varying from 20 to 200 acres in extent, and aggregating, probably, about 1,000 acres.
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shall be made in the presence of the owner of the undertaking or his substitute, and, ir- case of their absence, before two witnesses.
12. The verification and the writing of the Protocol shall not interfere with the proceeding of the trade or other work in the establishment; but if a trade or industrial establishment is conducted without a trading licence, and if during a month's time it shall not be procured, such establishment shall be immediately closed, about which Protocol in explanation shall be made in writing.
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13. The Protocol in regard to the infractions found shall be laid before the Administration of the railway not later than three days after it is written, or by the first mail, for the collection of the required payment by an administrative order.
14. For any infraction of these obligatory Regulations, the guilty owners of trade and industrial establishments shall be subject, according to the nature of the infrac tion, to the payment of a fine not exceeding 100 roubles, or to arrest for one month.
These obligatory Regulations shall be enforced from the date of their publi- cation.
For the Manager of the Railway,
(Signed) B. GRONBCHEVSKY.
January 10 (23), 1908.
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The total holdings would therefore be :-
Along the main line, exclusive of Nowchwang Along the Antung line
Total..
Acres.
6,665
2,916
10,671
These so-called railway settlements are invariably situated between the railway line and the native cities served thereby, and at Tiehling I am informed the Japanese tract embraces all the desirable land between the city, the railway, and the Liao
I have, &c.
River.
(Signed)
W. D. STRAIGHT, Consul-General.
Inclosure 9 in No. 1.
Mr. Straight to Mr. Fletcher.
Sir,
February 7, 1908.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the Legation instruction of the 30th January, 1908, in which you direct me to report upon the location and extent of the territory of the South Manchurian Railway Company.
In reply to my inquiries, the Japanese Consul-General and Major Sato, the confiden- tial aide of Baron Goto, have informed me that, while the boundaries of the so-called railway settlements are still the subject of negotiations with the Chinese authorities, the extent thereof is approximately as follows:-
Mukden
Liaoyang
Tichling
Kungchuling
Total
Acres.
1,666
1,250-1,666
1,250 2,083
6,665
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At Kaiping, Tashihchiao, Haicheng, Anshantien, Kaiyuan, Changtu, and other minor stations along the railway, less extensive areas, aggregating about 3,332, are held by the Railway Company.
The tracts mentioned above were originally acquired by the Russian Chinese Eastern Railway. Japanese attempts to add thereto have provoked Chinese protests and are responsible for the present boundary disputes,
At Newchwang ground (area unstated) acquired by the Japanese Military Adminis tration, shortly after the reinstatement of Chinese authority at that place, turned over to the South Manchuria Railway Company (see Mr. Pontius' despatch of the 23rd February, 1907, to the Legation).
At Kuanchengtzu over 1,000 acres have been pre-empted, and at Antung there are 2,916 acres held by the railway and by the Kuangtung Government. This tract has heen nominally divided as follows: 972 acres for the exclusive use of the South Manchurian Railway Company, and 1,944 to be administered by the Consul for the Government of the Kuangtung leased terrritory (see my despatch of the 28th April, 1907).
For all practical purposes, however, this land may be considered railway territory, both by virtue of its present administration and in view of the Japanese assertion that in case China did not recognize the forcibly acquired land titles at Antung, the tract pre-empted would be considered to be a railway settlement, and would be held as such.
At Fengchuangcheng, Tsaohokou, Chiaotou, Pehchihu, and other points along the Mukden-Antung line, there are small holdings varying from 20 to 200 acres in extent, and aggregating, probably, about 1,000 acres.
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