At the Mesting of the Council held in the Council Room, No. 23, Kiangse Road, Shanghai, on Monday, the 29th November, 1880, at 9.30 a.m.
Present:—Messrs. R. W. Little (Chairman), A, Barman, H. R, Hearn, Geo. J. Holland, Louis Mendel, Alex. Sim, W. 0. Ward, and the Secretary.
The Minutes of last meeting are read, confirmed, signed by the Chairman, and passed for publication.
Cash Statement, for the week ending 27th inst., is submitted, and cheques for sundry accounts are sis General Municipal Rate, Native,—The following return for September quarter is submitted Scantany oF Gexenat Mosicrrat, Rare—Narive, September Quarter, 1880, settnent 5229 oral.
Native Lotteries.—Letter from Portuguese Consul submitted, stating that Mr. A. M. @Oliveira, who is interested in a native lottery, is not under his jurisdiction; and a letter from the Spanish Consul is also submitted, stating that he considers Mr. Oliveira under his jurisdiction, as he is employed in his Consulate, and has his property registered there, although by birth he is a Portuguese subject.
The Superintendent of Police reports that eight shopkeepers were brought before the Mixed Court on Saturday, charged with selling native lottery tickets, but the Magistrate refused to punish them or to make them give any security that the offence will not be repeated.
The Chairman states that Mr. Toda, the Spanish Consul, called on him on Saturday with the view of arranging about the measures to be taken for putting a stop to the indiscriminate sale of Manila lottery tickets, Tt is decided to refer to what took place in 1872, when the local lotteries were closed, and leave the Board of Consuls to act in the matter, Cattle Disease.—The following letter from Mr. Ferguson, and special report thereon by the Inspector of Markets, are submitted and ordered to be published 25th November, 1880, fourteen days respectively, and so had left Nanking much earlier than the first-mentioned man, They both corroborate the statement of the first man, and say there was no disease amongst the cattle when they left Nanking.
This afternoon a drove of cattle arrived from Tan-yang. I questioned the drovers, who are natives of that place, and they say there was no disease amongst the cattle in that Faye coming down to Shanghai, Ince when they left; they have been nine As T have been unable to find any of the so-called diseased cattle referred to, or any person other than Mr, Ferguson who has seen or beard tell of any, can only come to the conclusion that Mr. Ferguson has een mistaken, and that he has not examined the cattle he mentions to ascertain whether they were really diseased, or only suffering from great privation, and weary and almost worn-out by fatigue and from want of food and rest in a long passage by boat, &o., which would cause them to havea generally depressed. appearance that might be mistaken for nick.
or disease if not closely examined, There are at present at Pah-sion-joh about fifty head of poor and thin cattle, which, if driven through the streets of Shanghai, might be taken for sick and diseased cattle, bub on a closer examination would be found to be free from epidemic disease; they. are cut that have been worked by farmers all ti summer and antum, and from hard work Daring the past ten days I ral strings of diseased (water buffaloes, black any-an red cattle) being driven down the Bubbling Road into the S landed near Trefan from the interior. the Nanking and Tauy-an districts, you w reatly oblige me by giving instructions to jove all catti ied here from the Lam, dear Sir, Youre faithfully, A. Ferausox. R. F, Taonsony, Esq., Secretary, Municipal Council, Shanghai. for them during them to market should be ence:
fully understand that Mr. diseased cart ta take, I have not all th Ianding "Trefaucha Farm" are to be driven down the Sinza rond and not along the Bubbling Well road in future would remark that the fact of an epidemic amongst the cattle rund th bourhood of ly to anghai and more Shanghai, 27th November, 1880.
Str,—I beg to submit the following facts in reference to Mir, A. Ferguson's letter of 25th November sible, what enquiry and the most tion should at all ti arching invest ald lite those kept various grease-shops can guarantee that on that date there was not an ox, a.com, or buffalo, in any of th establishments suffering from epidemic: within the limits of what sion-joh (there are no sheds in Hongkew, butcheric I inspected also. 'I further from the Tuspector of Markets on the rench ys that on Thursday last. he ted I the animals kept by similar lishments in the French Concessi i epidemic disease. skin diverge, but auch are. not allowed to be rumals suffering from
Killed for foreign consumption.
T also saw Mr. Hall, wh valuable 3 he often la kept; he say he has not heard of there being any. disc amongst the cattle at present, neith: hi ased oxen about the place, or should not allow his cow to remain there.
I further enquired amongst the Nanking drovers as to the rumour of disease amongst the cattle at that place. One man, a native of Nanking, who arrived here on Thureday last with thirty-three head of cattle, rom Nanking, and when be left that place there was no disease amongst the cattle, either at Nanking or in the ueighbourhood; also from two other drovers, both Nanking meo, and not of the same party as the former. They have been in Shanghai ten and gon!
ies by the exportation o animals or their hides.
Joun Howes, Inspector of Markets, &o, The Seonetany, Municipal Council.
~The Meeting then adjourned.
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