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"and a connecting line to the Yangtsze Valley, crossing

"the Hoangho Valley".

(2) German sphere of interest, viz:-

"The province of Shantung and the Hoangho Valley with

"connection to Tientsin and Chengting, or other point of

*the Peking Hankow line, in the South with connection to the

"Yangtsze at Chinkiang or Nanking. The Hoangno Valley is

"understood to be subject to the connecting lines in Shansi

"forming part of the British sphere of interest, and to the

"connecting line to the Yangtsze Valley, also belonging to

"the said sphere of interest was agreed to, with the follow-

"ing alterations, viz:-

"The line from Tientsin to Tsinan or to another point on

"the Northern Frontier of the province of Shantung and the line

"from the Southern point of the province of Shantung to Chin-

"kiang to be constructed by the Anglo-German Syndicate (mean-

"ing the German Syndicate on one part and the Hongkong

"and Shanghai Banking Corporation and the British and Chin-

the

"ese Corporation, Limited on the other part) in the follow-

*ing manner, viz:

"1. The Capital for both lines to be raised jointly.

*2. The line from Tientsin to Tsinan or to another

point on the Northern frontier of the province of Shantung

to be built and equipped and worked by the German group.

"3. The line from the Southern point of the province

of Shantung to Chinkiang to be built and equipped and

worked by the English group.

"4. On completion the lines to be worked for joint-

account"

So far the Minutes of the proceedings of the meetings,

and it is further agreed upon that neither the German group

nor the English group will be bound to construct the lines

assigned to their sphere unless the Shantung lines be con-

structed simultaneously.

London,

September 2nd, 1898.

Approved of and signed by:-

(Signed)

A. von Hans emann

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W. Keswick.

H

Ewen Cameron.

Julius Brussel.

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P.S. Wherever the term "Valley" is used it means "Fluss- gebeit" the signification of which is the districts through which streams flow into the Yangtsze or Hoangho..

(Initialled)

A. v H.

W. K.

(Initialled) E. C.

11

J. B.

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