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Rh, the selection and appointment shall be made in the manner above mentioned.

For all contracts for undertaking the river works in whole or in part and for purchasing materials and machinery and the like, public tenders shall be invited and the most advantageous shall be accepted.

Every quarter a detailed report of the work done and an account of monies expended on the river works shall be made and forwarded for the inspection of the Consular Body at Shanghai.

The authorization of the Shanghai Customs Taot'ai and of the Commissioner of Customs shall be necessary before new bunds or jetties can be constructed, pontoons placed in position, or hulks stationed in the river.

The Shanghai Customs Taot'ai and the Commissioner of Customs shall have authority to expropriate existing moorings and to establish a system of public moorings in the river.

No dredging or other operations shall be carried out without the authorization of the Shanghai Customs Taot'ai and the Commissioner of Customs.

The Shanghai Customs Taot'ai and the Commissioner of Customs shall have power to acquire any land outside the foreign settlements necessary for the work of improvement and maintenance of the Whangpu River, and to dispose of such land. If for this purpose it is considered necessary to proceed by way of expropriation, the price in the case of a foreigner's property shall be fixed by a commission composed of (1) a person selected by the Consular authority of the owner, (2) another chosen by the Shanghai Customs Taot'ai and the Commissioner of Customs, and (3) another chosen by the Senior Consul. In case the Senior Consul is also the Consular authority of the owner, the Consul next in authority shall choose the third member of the Commission. The Consular authority of the owner shall provide for the execution of the arbitrator's decision. When the land is the property of a Chinese the Customs shall fix the price and enforce the decision in an analogous manner.

Foreign and Chinese riparian owners shall have the right of preemption