'Sin.—I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your Manchester Fra Inse. Ca, letter of the 4th, testant, covering despatch from' the orth-German Fire Insce, Ca, Transatlantic Fire Insce. Ca, Assent unconmtabling's Htefoge or Orphan Galdres In dei Mixed GoureBiagitrate prating out the need
of Hamburg. tosca ctmtaney, od sggeing er fra fend Queen Insce, Ca. of Liverpool Seta carlo fon told at the ton shops in the Foreign forthe paspons to fey. toatrbution of one cash
China Fire Insurance Ca, Seton anda te rrofects Waving for their object chassis t te Joo abe Council thising with all Hongkon. $80 far as in Alliance Fire Insurance Ca. splniom that an enforced tax for that perpoce shjeRionabt, and thay farther woul wish to icerarage Victoria Fire Insurance Ca. J their power.
SuSitempls' on the' part ofthe Chinese authorities fat let dich taxes fom the natives resting" withia Agente will Hanseatic Fire Insurance Ca. write to Head Share to ead to trouble fan unattbotacd patio fin tit of the Micah, an ach items ould offic Siaiog them pretences to fovycontibutions, The Coane ria that the Goose wit Aasistance of Police at Fires—Guided by the sun thelslndvence prevent the scheme, suet frit opinion of the Chief Engineer of the S. F. D., In'the eter of the Bned Court Magatrie, tom fei carried out, and the acting Superintendent of Police—t! oun G. Poroox, following reply bearing on the nature of Chairman, tance to be afforded by the Municipal Bayley's Hydrostatic Watering Vans.—The police at fires, has been addressed to th idea of introducing these in Shan, Signatories of the letter referred to in the been abandoned. The Committee Minutes of Council Meeting, 27th December, the vans cannot be built light enough to be last (published in North-China Daily ews, drawn by an ordinary sized pony or mul 21st December) Certificate of Cause of Death.—A difficulty 16th January, 1875. is experienced in obtaining in every instance Gryeruzsrx,—Your letter of 10th December last com-certificate of cause of death from a competent he want of organized and efficient assistance authority before granting permit for burial in the MunicipatsPolice at Fires, has been considered, the Mi 1 Cemeteri and in reply I have been directed to state as follows: The Committee consider it absolutely neces-'That the Police have attended every Fire that bat saiy, for the protection of the community and ceeitered within the limits of the Settlements and checrthe floating population, that such a certificate filly afforded assistance wherever it has been required.
That no complaint or apyteation for aesltatce from should be forthcoming, and recommend the Member of te Eire Brigade has Teashed the "uperquestion to the immediate attention of the {ntendent of Duice or other acting tu his pace, without Doing attended to, and there fs no record of any ft Protection of Pontoons.—The regrettable shed the morn ne the Brigade have beea Tinpedd by the Publi. Tntivideal casesofebntrwct?s instances of drowning by persons walking over for interference doubtless will oar, but hey are extretnes pontootis into the river, have led the Com-Satan ae ely dealt mittee to consider whether any means can be stane fom etbrding to any of th! Brignde tit The Connell apprehend to fealty in preventiog by-devised for protecting the pontoons, but they regret that at present they see none.
An atiompt to enforce such a gesture at the one sngput fixed railings would interfere with gested, would probably ereatea vast amount of feeling, and possibly lead to evmplications, the result of the shipping and landing of cargo, and if to hich itis ditteatt to forse. obviate this difficulty they were made moveable, the Committee are of opinion that acci-often succeeded in extinguishing or arresting the progress ince the ntrotution of Extinteur the Pole hare offre, and ifthete duties had been confined to Keeping dents would be more frequent than at present, the grownd lear of the public, several fires that have owing to the danger of the chains bei ocourred on Foreign property would have proved mo-t placed carelessly, or possibly not put up at all disastrous before the Brigade could have rendered say after being used.
In large ports London, Liverpool and Hull, The action of Police at fires must be guided by circamstances, and the Council conceive that no better arrau he pontoons have no better means of protec: ment can be come to, than to leave the matter in on than those in i.
Revonr oF DEreNce CoMMITTEE FOR THE Moxras oF DeceapER axD JANUARY.
Gatling Guns.—The subjoined Report has been received relative to the substitution of Gatlings for the present heavy Ordnance.
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