SALE OF AN ISLAND
,JAPAN BUYS MAOAO FROM PORTUGAL. i (Rec. March 21, 5.15 p.m.) London, March 20. The Portuguese Press announces tha:t; Japan has purchased from Portugal the island of Macao.—Renter. [Macao, in China, situated on an island of tho same name at tho mouth of tho Canton River, forms with the two small adjacent islands of Taipa and Coloane, a province, the city beinp; divided into two wards, ono inhabited by Chinese and the other by noti"Cbinoso, each haviujj its own administrator. Tho population, according to the census of December 31, 1910, is 74!866. The whites aro 3919. There are 3780 Portuguese, 60,057 Chinese, and Ictt of various rationalities. The trade, mostly transit, is in tho hands i of Chineso.] I, • i
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3034, 22 March 1917, Page 5
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124SALE OF AN ISLAND Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3034, 22 March 1917, Page 5
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