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Sin,—I have the pleasure of expressing to you both in my own name and in that of the Municipal Administration, its warm recognition of the assistance which the Fire Brigade lent during the fire kindled by the rioters on the 8rd inst., in the French Concession.
I shall be obliged if you will kindly convey to the officers and members of the S. F. D. the expression of the entire gratitude of the Council.
(3a) nates ats airman of the Council.
Our readers will probably be interested in the following letter, written by the Ningpo Guild to the French Council in January last, explaining their objection to the proposed ronds and suggesting an alternative line.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.