Contains among other things: Conditions in Hankau Report on the maritime detachment Tientsin Fleet base in the Philippines and Sulu Islands Reports on Madeira, Canary Islands, Barka

Contains among other things: Report on the result of an investigation of Kiautschou Bay in the summer of 1897 Remarks on the treatment of the land question in German territory in Kiautschou Bay Conclusion of a Separate Convention between the Imperial German and Imperial Chinese Governments on the strengthening of friendly ties and the development of economic and trade relations Memorandum on the German establishment in Tientsin and Hankau