Srr,—The condition under which the Council were entrusted with the conservation of the Public Garden was that the ground should be used " for the purposes of a garden, and no other" and they much regret, therefore, that it is out of their power to consent to Margary Memorial being placed in the position desired in your letter of 1st instant, Tam, Sir, Your obedient servant, Epwanp B, Sovrae, Secretary, Bund Line Yang-king-pang.—Letter from French Council is ordered to be published Shanghai, 26 Septembre 1877. yous mi aver dovito Jo 22 Juin dernier pour me 'Moxstcur,—Me report ant a La lettre que faire remarquer qu' a part ce qui touche dia artie comprise entre lo pont No. 6 et lo jefenso Creek, VAdministration n'a encore fait connaitre an Municipal Coun elle adoptait lo plan d'aliguement des rives et Henry, jai Phonneur de vous informer quo Yangrking-pang dress par MI. AM. Div To Conseil, dans so seance clu 21 de ce mois, west prononcé pour l'adoption clu dit plan. Heat. dong entenda qu' & parti clu pont 'No. 1 jusqu' an pont No. 6, toute construction ea reparation ultéci Slovés sur Pune et Pautre rives clu cours d'eau devront Gtre executees sur les alignments que ce plan détermive, Moxstzvr E. B. Sovrzn, Lo Secrétaire, Says, Secrétaire clu Municipal Councit Lock Hospital.—Pay of Surgeons.—Read loiter from French Council, agreeing that until the number of women attending at the Hospital reached one hundred, the pay of the two Surgeons should be limited to Taels 500 each per annum.
Lock Hospital.—H. B. M.'s Government Aid.—The following letter from Admiral Ryder is ordered to be published Sm,—I have heard with great interest that although the "Zock" question has not complete eucees, yet that 36 we red, I trust that nothing will the Municipal Council to abandon the position they have taken up, but rather to Push on.
Lam about to return to England, I shall make it my first duty to endeavour to obtain from the Admiralty a recognition of the proceedings of the Municipal Council of Shanghai, in re prostitution, in ti batantial shape of a grant (annual) towards the expenses incurred, Lam, Sir, your obedient Servant, Ausrep P, RypzR, Admiral, Commanding-in-Chief.
The Chairman of the Municipal Council, Shanghai.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.