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It is proposed still further to develop the German railways in Shantung by constructing in the first place a line from the station of Kaumi, on the Shantung Railway, to the south of the province viâ Ichou-fu and Ihsien to Hanchwan.

The Shantung Mining Company extracted 532,589-5 tons of coal from the 1st October, 1911, to the 13th September, 1912, as against 453,975-15 tons in the same period of the preceding year.

The revenue of the colony increased from 5,325,978 marks to 6,730,480 marks, an increase which is accounted for principally by the receipts from the sale of land and from the working of the Tsingtau dockyard.

Endeavours are being made by the educational authorities to increase the importance of Tsingtau as a centre of civilisation. Their principal organisation for this purpose is the German-Chinese high school, which consists of a lower grade with 285 students and a higher grade with an attendance of 66. The latter is composed of four departments, viz., the technical-scientific, medical, legal, and agricultural. On account of limited space it was found impossible to accept many Chinese applicants who wished to study at the high school. A new building is, however, under construction, and will shortly be completed. As many scholars from English schools applied for admission to the high school, a special class was provided for Chinese students speaking English with the object of instructing them in the German language so that they might advance as rapidly as possible to the higher classes. This class is also already crowded. There is also a scientific translation institute connected with the high school, which undertakes translations from German to Chinese and vice versû.

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