At the meeting of the Council held at the Council Room, 17, Kiangse Road, Shanghai, on Monday, the 24th February, 1879, at 9.30 o'clock a.m.
Present:—Messrs. J. Hart (chairman), ask for appropriate moasures.—Rescript R.
H. Artindale, P. G. Hibbe, E. alread, recorded, Lavers, E. G. Low, R. Mackenzie, of Kiangsi, impeaches a jail officer for (2) Memorial.' Li Wen-ming, Governor Withers, and the Secretary. neglect of duty, and asks that he be handed The Minutes of the last meeting are over to the Board.—Rescript: Granted, read, confirmed, signed by the Chairman, Jot the proper Board tal and passed for publication.
(8) Yen Hsii reports in a postscript The Cash Statement, for the week ending memorial on changes among the District 2nd instant, is submitted, and cheques for Magistrates near Jehol.—Rescript: Noted. sundry accounts are signed.
december 21st.—(1-3) Decree on more-Widening Hankow road, beticeen Szechuen ments and promotions of officials. road and Bund—Letter from Messrs. Mait-(4) Decree. At the request of Li Hung-land & Ca. submitted, stating the {orms chang, an Imperial Tablet with the cus-upon which the owners of the lot in their tomary inscription, is bestowed on the occupation are prepared to surrender the mother of the Governor of Hupeh, who portion required for widening the Hankow subscribed Tls, 2,000 to the Famine Relief road, and intimating that the Manager of D=- Fund. the Chartered Mercantile Bank is unable
Tien Han-chih, the Police Censors of Pe-Decree. On the proposal ofthe Censor to allow any alteration to be made in the part next the new buildings until he has king and the Yamen of the General Coa-communicated with his Directors in Eng-mandant of the Gendarmerie shall affix land, Decided to accept the surrender of the their seal to and state the case with the portion named by Messrs. Maitland & Ca., name of the plaintiff on the summonses in all and to leave the settlement of the other civil suits in order to avoid the extortions part open, until instructions are received practiced by subordinates in connection with from home about it. summon Sale of Game—It is decided to follow (6) Decree, On account of the funeral the usual course and close the Markets for of the late Emperor and Empress, all moneys sale of game from the 10th March proximo. duo by the Departments and Districts of Chihli to the Board of War have to paid Public Swimming Buths—An application forthwith, and hereafter no delay will be to H.B.M. Consul is submitted, for per-allowed in the payment of the annual mission to place a floating bath off the amount.
Bund, between the Kiukiang and Hankow roads, (7) Dectoo. The Governor-General of Chihli is directed to seo that during the The Council are opposed to the scheme, preparation of the Imperial road, on account as they are of opinion that the bath would of the forthcoming funeral, no useless vex-interfere with the free access to the public ations against erie find place. jetties, and obstruct the navigation of the (8) Memorial. LiHung-chang, Governor river.
General of Chibli, sets forth, in a lengthy document, the extortions and other unal.
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