At the Meeting of the Council held in the Board Room, No. 23, Kiangse Road, Shanghai, on Monday, the 18: h September, 1882, at 4 o'clock p.m, Present:—Messrs. W.. Ward (Chairman), D, Brand, W. H. Dalgliesh, R. A. Gubbay, R. Mackenzie, G. J. Morrison, A. Myburgh, J, Roustan, a The Ainutes of the previous meeting are read, confirmed, signed by the Chairwan, and passed for publication.
Cash Statement, for week ended 16th inst., is submitted, accounts are signed.
Volunteers—appoiutments, No. 4 Company.—The following letter is ordered to bbe published Shanghai, 12th Sept., 1882, Sin,—L have the honour to recommend to the Municipal Council the following appoiut-Mer E.'N. B. de Campos to be frst Lieut:
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wt, Sir. EM, do Senna to be second Lieutenant of No. 4 Camp hava the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, Caas. J. Houtipay, Mujor Commanding, To R, F. Tuonvsny, Exq Secretary to the Munici al Council, Shanghai, Decided to agree to this; commissions 1, and ordered to be fur-igh the commanding officer.—Lesignation of Adjutant Morrison.—Letter from Adjutant Morrison to Major Holliday submitted, intimating his determination to resign the bust of Adjutant, as he is unable to devote the attention to the Cor Decided to accept this resignation, a thank Mr. Morrison for the secviees rendered by him since he first joined the Volunteers.—Resiynution of Major Holliday.—Letter from Major Holliday submitted, asking the Council to accept his i manding Officer of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, and giving the reasons which have induced him to take this step. The Council consider under the circumstances they must accept the resign nation, and at the same time they wish to express to Major Holliday how much they are indebted to him for all that he has done to meres i iment of a him Commanding Oficer, Me. Morrison men-day has suge to him that the Oflicers of the Corps si forma Committee to elect a President, who should act temporarily as Cou at, The Council are unanimously of opinion that this suggestion should not be adopted, and it is decided that in the meantime Captain Dallas should have command of the Corps.
Councillors.—Resignationof Mr. Holliday.—Letter from Mr. 0. J, Holliday submitted, tendering his resignation as a member of the Council, as he does not feel justified in retaining his place at the Board now that he has resigned his commission in the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, and as he has reason to believe that ho was returned entirely owing to the support of the Volunteers who considered it would be beneficial to the interest of the Corps to have their Commandant on the Council.
Decided to ask Mr. Holliday to reconsider his decision to resign, and to assure him that he is quite under a misapprehension as to his election as a Councillor, Blectrie Lighting.—The following correspondence is ordered to be published
Dear Sir,—Wo have to thank you for your Shanghai, 15ty September, 1882, lotter of 12th inst. zis. Before sett! finitely with the Couucit's Survey: tion of the ten lamps to be erected Band, we should be glad to know Council will allow us to place them in th centre of y, Where they will b much more effective than in any other posi tion, So far from impeding the trafic, th lamp-posts are certain to facilitate by' dividing it; most of the principal streete in London, wi the traffic is much heavier than in Shanghai, have lamp-boats in the centro of the roadway, and all earringes being made to keep to the left of these posts, there is much {ess confusion than where there are no guides of this kind, We feel sure that if the Cour allows ws carry out ie will in a very. litel advantage Tam, dear Sir, Your obedient servant, R. W. Lire, Secretary, Shanghai Electric Ca, F, Tuonnony, Esq Secretary, Municipal Council, Shanghai, 19th September, 1882, Sin,—1 have to acknowledge receipt of your lotter of 15th inst., which has boon submitted to the Council, and in reply, I am directed to say that tt cannot allow you to place the lamps required for lighting the Baud la the contre of te roadway as proposed you, Iam, Sir, Your obedient servant, F, Tuornorw, Secretary, To R. W. Lirrcx, Esq., Secretary, Shanghai iflectric Company, Lekin Tasxes—Runners in Settlement, The following correspondence is ordered to be published Shanghai, 12th September, 1882.
S1e,—I have the honour tu inform you that fon the ud inst, a native Police sergeant found two men quarrelling in the Suauso road, and on enquiry he ascertained that one Lekin runner from the Custom House near the Stone Bridge on the Soochow Cre awl that he had arrested the other m hig possession " bundle of silk on which the lekin lad not been paid, admits that he brought; po some two mont! jot paid the lekin on it, consider that occur lived if you will inform them whether the native Authorities have the right to send their maners into the Settlement to arrest, without any warrant, any person whom they find in possession of native produce on which they think, or are able to prove that the lekin has not been paid.
Lave the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, W. C. Warp, To Dr. Focke, Chairman, Consul-General for Germany, and Senior Consul, Shanghai, 13th September, 1992, Sir,—I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter date the 12th instant, stating that a Zekin maner has been found to [sreest, without warrant, " native within thg
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