At the Meeting of the Council held in the Board Room, No. 23, Kianyse Road, Shanghai, on Monday, the 26th September, 1881, at 9 o'clock a.m.
Present:—Messrs, H. R. Hearn (Chairman), D, Brand, Fredk. Bridge, H. Lester, Moses, J. F. Rodewald, W. G. Ward, 4 Wood, and the Secretary.
The Minutes of previous meeting are read, confirmed, signed by the Chairman, and passed for publication, Cash Statement, for week ended 24th inst., is submitted, and cheques for sundry accounts are signed.
Cattle in Native Daivies.—The Inspector reports that on 24th inst. he found all the cattle healthy and free from disease.
Rinderpest at Pooting.—Special report from the Inspector of Dairies submitted, stating that on 24th inst. he was informed by Mr. Shaw, owner of the Dairy at Pootung, that some of his cattle were that'on going over he found that thirteen of the young stock had died from disease. On the 16th an old cow died, the carcass of which was examined by' the Health Officer, who pronounced the disease to be Rinderpest. Since then Mr. Shaw had lost the remainder of his stock, say thirty-four head in all. The bodies of all were buried at Pootung, after being covered with quick lime and carbolic 2 Tetephonic Communicution—Great North-em Lelegraph Company.—The following letter is ordered to be published Shanghai, 20th September, 1881, I beg to inform you that specimens of the instruments we purpose to use on the telephone lines have been put up in our office, and that I shall be happy to exhibit the same to the members of the Council any time you may fix upon.
Lam, Sir, Your obedient servant,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.