Report handed in by the Secretary of the Municipal Council, read and accepted.
Report of the Municipal Corincit of Kiukiang Sor the year ending 31st March, 1875. nditure.—The receipts amounted to Tis, 1,252.19 including Tls. 69.29 balance from last year, of which sum Tls. 532,92 have ben derived from Wharfage Dues. The Expenditure amounted to Tls. 780.42 including Tis, 208.18 paid on account of atone facing the bund, leaving balance of is. 171.77, after deducting Tls. 300, yet duo to the con: tractors of stone embankment to bund.
Bund.—During the high water of last summer, about 110 feot of the W. corner of the bund facing fell in, and ax the safety of that end of the bund and the adj perty depends upon the strength of the embankment, it was decided to. substitute stone for the decayed wooden piling, and at the same time to repair the lower stone terrace ata total cost of Tls. 306, the work to be guaranteed for a. "The necessity of making a stone embankment to the West corner of the bund will he appa int to all, as were it to give way during a flood, the damage to property might be very great. "he wooden pilings and stone jetty opposite H. M. Consulate having given way to the extent of 80 it was deemed expedient to repair it thoroughly with stone, in lieu of patching the wood work, which is decaying, and sure to way. The cost of th 150.
other parts of the upper and lower facing in fair repair, and the spaces between the have been cemented and bricked to ko out water. The general repairs to the bun to is, 43.77. The Council consider it inadvisable to expend much over repaira to the woodwork of the bund, as it is hoped the hole will be stone faced in due course,
or been destroy res have been planted where any have died Roads.—The bund roads have been remetalled, and put into thorough repair for a sum of Tls. 78.06. The back (Conceesion) road has been planted with willows on either side, which were courteously presented to the Council by Pere Portes and Mr. Anderson, to whom the thanke of the landrenters are dite.
The Barrier at the East end of the bund appears to have been inadvertently erected on messrs, Russell & Co.'s ground, but it has now been moved to within the Concession Wharfage Dues.—The Council have pleasure in reporting that the suggestions of the Special Committee on Taxation, whose report was read at the last meeting, have been brought into operation with' satisfactory results. It was found that the most feasible means of collecting these dues from the River Steamer Companies using the bund was to charge so much per steamer on each entry, and to accept a commutation from merchants not connected with the river steamer business, 'This method hi trouble to' all parties, and appears to The receipts under this heading are shown in the accounts, and there is every reason to believe that they will be larger during the current year.
Police.—The Staff consists of four native and one European, The expenditure under this heading isa trifle more than last year, as the services of the Consular Constable drawn, and another man was engaged as a higher rate of pay. The stof under sergeant Eagan, formerly in the em-joy of the Council, continues efficient, and itis desirable to Foreign Constable at the head of the force, it is recommended that Mr. Eagan' i retained, J. H, Axpersow, Chairman, W. Hy. Smaw, Treasurer,
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