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merchandize of some person other than the person whose manufacture and merch they really are.
And the second paragraph of Article 10, restraining opposition after the lapse of years from registration in Japan, should not apply to sub-headings 4 and Article 2.
I am desired to add that the Trade-marks Committee are quite willing to give further information and explanations in a personal interview if you care to afford the opportunity.
I have, &c.
(Signed) WALTER SPEAKMAN, Secre
CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[24127]
No. 1.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received July 13.)
(No. 228.) Sir,
[July 13.]
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6 AUG 08
Peking, May 26, 1908. IN continuation of my despatch No. 110 of the 4th March last, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith copy of a despatch from the British Vice-Consul at Antung, reporting upon the progress of the negotiations for the establishment of a Sino-Japanese Company to work the Yalu timber industry, in accordance with Article 10 of the Additional Agreement between Japan and China of 1905. I also inclose copy of an Agreement signed between the Japanese Minister and the Wai-wu Pu on the 16th instant, which provides for a definite settlement of this long-outstanding question.
The
Within an area of 60 li (20 miles) from the right bank of the Yalu, extending from Mao Erh Shan for a distance which cannot as yet be definitely stated, owing to the exact position of the twenty-fourth creek not having been ascertained, the lumber industry is to be under the control of a Sino-Japanese Company, with a capital of 3,000,000 dollars, to be subscribed in equal parts by the nationalities concerned. Concession is to run for twenty-five years, at the end of which time application can be made to the Chinese Government for its renewal. Outside the definite area assigned to the Company the industry will remain in the hands of the Chinese who already exploit it, but the Company shall have the exclusive right of purchase of the timber, with the exception of that required for the Kiangsu-Chekiang Railway, and for the use of the inhabitants of the locality. The obligation is also laid upon the Company to place the timber so acquired upon the market at current prices, in order to avoid the possibility of an abuse of their position. The net profits of the undertaking shall, after a royalty of 5 per cent, has been paid to the Chinese Government, be divided equally between all the shareholders. Delegates of the two Contracting Parties are to meet in Mukden within a month in order to draw up the detailed Regulations for the carrying out of this General Agreement, and to them will be referred the question of the customs dues to be paid on the lumber. This side of the question has long been the chief difficulty in the way of a settlement, for the Japanese were only willing to pay the ordinary export and coast trade duties, while the Chinese, who derive a large revenue from the lumber trade, wanted to maintain the former scale of dues. It is to be hoped that the deliberations of the Commissioners at Mukden will be unattended with any further difficulties, in which case the present Agreement will have happily disposed of one of the most important of the questions outstanding between Japan and China in Manchuria.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
J. N. JORDAN.
(No. 11.) Sir,
Inclosure 1 in No. 1.
Vice-Consul Russell to Sir J. Jordan.
Antung, May 13, 1908. BEGGING reference to my despatches of the 24th January and the 22nd February, numbered 2 and 7 respectively, I have the honour to report that the protracted negotiations between the Chinese and Japanese Governments on the subject of the formation of a Company for the exploitation of the Yalu River timber forests, in accordance with Article 10 of the Additional Agreement between Japan and China of 1905, appear now to be within measurable distance of a conclusion.
Major-General Kojima, the Director-General of the Japanese Timber Bureau at Autung, has recently returned to this port from a visit to Tokio, connected with the recent development in the negotiations, and, from conversation with his Confidential Secretary, Mr. Okumura, I have obtained the following details of the latest phase of the negotiations, which details are in the main corroborated by information from Mr. Key, the Chinese Customs Taotai at this port.
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merchandize of some person other than the person whose manufacture and merch they really are."
And the second paragraph of Article 10, restraining opposition after the lapse years from registration in Japan, should not apply to sub-headings 4 and Article 2.
I am desired to add that the Trade-marks Committee are quite willing to gi further information and explanations in a personal interview if you care to afton the opportunity.
I have, &c.
(Signed) WALTER SPEAKMAN, Secre
CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[24127]
No. 1.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received July 13.)
(No. 228.) Sir,
[July 13.]
28605
SECTION 1.
REC
6 AUG 08
Peking, May 26, 1908. IN continuation of my despatch No. 110 of the 4th March last, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith copy of a despatch from the British Vice-Consul at Antung, reporting upon the progress of the negotiations for the establishment of a Sino-Japanese Company to work the Yalu timber industry, in accordance with Article 10 of the Additional Agreement between Japan and China of 1905. I also inclose copy of an Agreement signed between the Japanese Minister and the Wai-wu Pu on the 16th instant, which provides for a definite settlement of this long-outstanding question.
The
Within an area of 60 li (20 miles) from the right bank of the Yalu, extending from Mao Erh Shan for a distance which cannot as yet be definitely stated, owing to the exact position of the twenty-fourth creek not having been ascertained, the lumber industry is to be under the control of a Sino-Japanese Company, with a capital of 3,000,000 dollars, to be subscribed in equal parts by the nationalities concerned. Concession is to run for twenty-five years, at the end of which time application can be made to the Chinese Government for its renewal. Outside the definite area assigned to the Company the industry will remain in the hands of the Chinese who already exploit it, but the Company shall have the exclusive right of purchase of the timber, with the exception of that required for the Kiangsu-Chekiang Railway, and for the use of the inhabitants of the locality. The obligation is also laid upon the Company to place the timber so acquired upon the market at current prices, in order to avoid the possibility of an abuse of their position. The net profits of the undertaking shall, after a royalty of 5 per cent, has been paid to the Chinese Government, be divided equally between all the shareholders. Delegates of the two Contracting Parties are to meet in Mukden within a month in order to draw up the detailed Regulations for the carrying out of this General Agreement, and to them will be referred the question of the customs dues to be paid on the lumber. This side of the question has long been the chief difficulty in the way of a settlement, for the Japanese were only willing to pay the ordinary export and coast trade duties, while the Chinese, who derive a large reveune from the lumber trade, wanted to maintain the former scale of dues. It is to be hoped that the deliberations of the Commissioners at Mukden will be unattended with any further difficulties, in which case the present Agreement will have happily disposed of one of the most important of the questions outstanding between Japan and China in Manchuria.
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I have, &c.
(Signed)
J. N. JORDAN.
(No. 11.) Sir,
Inclosure 1 in No. 1.
Vice-Consul Russell to Sir J. Jordan.
Antung, May 13, 1908. BEGGING reference to my despatches of the 24th January and the 22nd February, numbered 2 and 7 respectively, I have the honour to report that the protracted negotiations between the Chinese and Japanese Governments on the subject of the formation of a Company for the exploitation of the Yalu River timber forests, in accordance with Article 10 of the Additional Agreement between Japan and China of 1905, appear now to be within measurable distance of a conclusion.
Major-General Kojima, the Director-General of the Japanese Timber Bureau at Autung, has recently returned to this port from a visit to Tokio, connected with the recent development in the negotiations, and, from conversation with his Confidential Secretary, Mr. Okumura, I have obtained the following details of the latest phase of the negotiations, which details are in the main corroborated by information from Mr. Key, the Chinese Customs Taotai at this port.
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