MUNICIPAL CoUNCIL, At the Meeting of the Coungil held at the Council Room, 17, Kiangse Road, Shanghai, on Wednesday, the 30th April, 1879, at 9 o'clock a.m.
Prosent:—Messrs. R, W. Little (chairman), R. H. Artindale, W. "Howie, J. Bell: Irving, E. A. Sassoon, J. Welch, and the The Minutes of the previous meeting are read, confirmed, signed by the Chairman, and passed for publication.
Foreshore.—Decided to have the old bricks aad rubbish cleared amoy at once, the useless stone jetties removed, and the whole ture Volunteers.—Tho following correspondence is submitted Shanghai, 24th April, Sim,—I beg to report that, Captain J. Harvie, 1, on Monday, iugy stock of Belts, &, for use of the Voluate: and found from the Armourer's Returns that the numbers were as follows InStock. "Volunteers Total Inpowessionof 95 178 aistbelts and crowsbelts are all of brown leather. Of the rifle slinge, 154 are black and 136 brown, therefore that there are no black for use with the new uniforms, and only 154 black slings, and the latter being of ordinary blackened leather, and not enamelled, cannot fail seriously to injure the tearlet uniforms, especially if used in wel I woul ssu surstituied forthe black previously fixed upon by the Council, and that a supply of white namelied slings should also be ordered, as it usual to have these to correspond with the belts, but this is not of any vital importance, and I do not think that, brown leather slings would look amiss, but black slings are apt to do actual damage.
If white enamelled belts are ordered, they should have brass clasps or hooks, and be accompanied by white enamelled frogs and black enamelled expense pouches, Sword belts and pouch belts for officers should be also of white enamelled leather with black pouches and brass (? gilt) clasps and oruaments, Regarding the stock of ammunition, there is some confusion in the Armourer's' books, but roughly it is as follows 25,000 to 30,000 Rounds Blank, and 45,000 to 59,000 Ball.
Of the latter, however, unfortunately the Lulkc chiefly consists of what is left out of
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