MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, At the Meeting of the Council held in the Council Room, 17, Kiangse Road, Shanghai, on Monday, the 12th August, 1878, at $ o'clock a.m.
Present:~Messrs, J. Hart (chairman), G. J. W. Cowie, P. G. Hibbe, E.G. Low, Wisner, and the Secretary.
The Minutes of the last Meeting are read, confirmed, signed, and passed for publication, The Cash Statement, for the week ending 10th instant, is submitted for inspection, and cheques for sundry accounts are signed.
General Municipal Rate—Native,—The following comparative statement of taxes collected on Woreign and Native houses, during the half year ending 30th June, is submitted and ordered to be published Genzran Muwicrrat Rare—Fonsiox, March Quarter, Houses Assessoll 1877, Rental 1€78, _croago ervane,
349 481,792 902 421,809 13 9.9% ptr Th, Te,
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