III. Maritime Customs at Tsingtao

The Government of the Chinese Republic déclares that it will instruct the lnspector-General of* the Chinese Maritime Customs (1) to permit Japanese traders in the former German Leased Territory of Kiaochow to

*) V. N. R. G. 2. s. XXX, p. 326.

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communicate in the Japanese language with tbe Custom House of Tsingtao, and (2) to give considération, witbin the limits of the established service régulations of the Chinese Maritime Customs, to the diverse needs of the trade of Tsingtao in the sélection of a suitable staff for tbe said Custom House.