Customs. and a Committee of Consuls con-Mr. Parransow seconded—Murray begged to propose, and found that Tls. 12,500 had been expended stituted in accordance. with a resolution of the for the Hongkew Bridge. That was not Consular Body held at the U. S. Consulate-Connell for the Foreign community of Shang.
That the Report and Accounts of the bridge which should have been sent out General on the 19th March last, viz: it was a hideous structure, and made Acting Consuland H. D. M. hai for the year ended Slst March 1872 be hill—to which- we were unaccustomed Acting Consul, the Consul-General for Sweden trid Norway being unable to attend. approved and passed. in a place so flat as Shanghai, He Mr. Rezo said, before the resolution was did not think it was the sort of bridge the The Danish Consul communicated to Mr.
Few explanations from the outgoing Coun-mut to the meeting, he would Jil a community ought to have.
Hart the substance of a addressed to Mr. Hanssen said they had not consi-the Senior Consul by the Chamber of Comcil as to the accounts. In the accounts for dered it necessary to give in detail the items merce, referring to the inconvenience which 1870-71 the expenditure had been detailed, of increase in salaries. The estimate for of Shanghai sustained by the Customs Regu: the mercantile and steam. shipping interests but this year it was ina much more con-Secretary's salary was Tls. 4,200 and excise and lasa clear form. The general lations with regard to. exemption certificates penditure Tls. 4,460. For' extra assis-expenditure, he found, was'Tls. 43,000, on duty paid foreign goods re-exported tance they had incurred Tls. 5,226, making treaty 1d enquired whether, with due while in 1871 it had been Tls. $3,000. He security of the revenue, these would be glad to get some information a total of Tls. 21,327, against an estimate of regelations could not be so altered as to admit from the outgoing Council a8 to how this Tls. 19,226, Jeaving an excess of Tls. 2,101. In the native st the estimate' was Tls. of thie certificates in question being granted large'expenditure had been incurred. In 2,358, expenditure Tls. 2,519, leaving an without the requirement of the Custom, from the matter of Works there'was an increase excess of Tls. 161, which was occasioned 2 of about Tls. 27,000 as compared with the by some of the clerks and interpreters who previous year. From the absence of detail in the accounts, the community were kept Jad been in the service for a long' time ple, when to retain their services the Ghune ing offered higher wages by private Hart explained that the very' auch in the dark as to what the tthe Revenye, but. ao fong as itis within question are not for the protection Council had done with this money; and he cil had to increase their pay. In printing thought they might-give some more infor-the option of re'exporters to claim either a there was an increase of Tls. 2,800, occa: motion than the accounts contained. The drawback or an exemption certificate, it will sioned by the estimate being too low and* be incumbent upon the Customs, in order to roads, during the past winter, had not shown. to that it would not be necessary during alarge supply of stationery being acquired, Keep their accounts, to insist upon detailed evidence of good management nor care, information being furnished, This option, he though the large expenditure ought to have the present year to spend a0 much. further explained, does not rest upon a Treaty given something better than they had. right, but was granted some years ago, at the Mr. Hanssen said there was in salaries a,161, occasioned chiefly by ge a 101, ccaionedehedy by geting an increase. of Tls. 7,000, which had been alarge acfe, os the Council had only aniall Chamber. of Commerce incurred by. the necessity of providing ad-one which could not contain all the docu-Tuapector-General that drawbacks would not ditional assistance. It had been found ments requiring protection, Various small be required in future, he, on the'other hand, woul the Trung] Yamen, and to advocate the issue undertake to make presentations to necessary to engage three or four foreign items made up a difference of Tls. 7,000. assistants, occasioning an extra outlay of about Tls. 5,000. In the Fire Mr. Murzmzap could not imagine why of exemption certificates to re-exporters, of there was an increase of Tls. 5,500. the Council had anything to do with the duty paid foreign goods to Treaty ports, with-Pootung Church.—Coi hoi expenditure was however covered by requiring from' them declarations as to the name of the importing vessel, the increase in the receipts. In the expen-money was raised, he was amazed diture for the Volunteers there was only that no less than Tls. 6,000 had been (CHAL. ALABASTER, an increase of Tls. 500; Police Force Tis.
B. Jouxsox, pended there. He thought Trustees. hi Fonses, 1,500, chiefly occasioned by additional ex-charged with the management from penditure for light and fuel, With the first. Without desiring to throw Shanghai, 8th May, 1872. to Works, the m the Works back the responsibility of this amount on mittee would be able to explain their shoulders, he held a strong opinion
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