§ 8. Sir JOHN POWERasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when he expects that the new commercial treaty with China will be ratified?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINThe Tariff Autonomy Treaty signed on the 20th of December by Dr. C. T. Wang and Sir M. Lampson was ratified by the National Government of China on the 9th of January and by the Counsellors of State on behalf of The King on 1st February. The ratifications have not yet been exchanged, but the treaty was brought into force by a protocol signed at Nanking on the 6th of February.