At the Meeting of the Council held at the Council Room, No. 17, Kiangse Road, Shanghai, on Thuraday, the 14th August, 1879, at 9 o'clock a.m.
Present:—Mesars. R. W. Little(chairman), W. Howie, P. G. Hiibbe, E. A. Sassoon, E. G. Vouillemont, J. Welch, and the Secretary.
The Minutes of the previous meeting are read, confirmed, signed by the chairman, and passed for publication.
The Cash Statement, for the week ending 13th instant, is submitted, and cheques for sundry accounts are signed.
Soochow Oreck Foreshore.—In coniplian with the request contained in the following etter from the Japanese Consul-General, arrangements wore made _to have the bankment enclosing the Foong Tui 'Timber Yard removed, and the foreshore partially filled in, and sloped from the Bund to the water, 80 as to prevent, for the future, the accumulation of filth and rubbish which is left there at low water, the stench from which' is reported by the Inspector of Nui-sauces to be most offensive at present.
Shanghai, 8th August, 1879.
Sin,—I would respectfully draw your atte: tion to the fact that the for to the new Japanese gers the ist you to have the place surveyed ps falcon, either to fill up the hole to with the street, or to remove the ment.
Thave the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, Consul-General for Japan, Ropr, W. Lrrrtz, Exq., Chairman of the Municipal Council, Shangh:
he undersigned, fully agree with Mr.
and endorse the complaint, and most cordially agree with the above.
Davip H, Battey, U.S. Consul-General, voy Krescxt, A, Res, Agent, Mitsu Bishi Mail 8.8. Ca.
Dredging Soochow Creek.—The following correspondence la submitted Shanghai, 8th May, 1879.
Srr,—The Municipal Council that you should draw the attention of the Chinese authorities to the condition of the mouth of the Soochow Creek, between the Police bulk anchorage and the Garden Bridge. The whole creek, from its mouth to the Sto Bridge, is badly' silted up, the waterway is extremely limited, and there la now hardly Shanghai, 9th August, 1879.
Srr,—In reply to your letters of 8th May and 17th June last, regarding the shallowness of the Soochow Creek, have the honour to transmit to you the enclosed translation of a letter received from Taotai Liu regarding this question, haze the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, Davip H, Banzy, Consut-General for the United States, for Senior Consul. To R. W. Lrrrur, Esq., Chairman, Municipal' Council, Shanghai, Shanghai, 7th August, 1879, Sim,—I bad the honour to recei letter regarding the shallowness Soochow Creek. In reply, I beg to inform you that I have forwarded the map to the strate of Shanghai, and have deputed Wei-yuen Chang Chih-chun to baud me report on the matter.
The Taotai Lrv.
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