Shanghai, 23rd January, 1854. know ipt of your lotter of 14th inst., intimating that from The lst March next, the charge for aupplying to the public lamps will be $3.75 per per month.
Referring to your Chairman's letter of 28th December, I an directed to point out to you that the proposal therein contained was in the form of an offer to Settlement for a lump sum, arrangement with the Electric Company for lighting three thoroughfares was entered into in accordance special directions from the Ratepayers, Council have no power to mal t which would interfere with we decided to include in ident to Hight the Settle. manner, avd on th 8 og at pi the Rate, to suggest ai if they and they regret that youc last letter will the light (other than the thu it necessary for them to explain that if
above referred to) be left in the hands of Company, it will be necessary either to increase the sum to be voted for lighting or redrive the prevent number of lamps, 1 am, Sir, Your obedient servant, Secretary, To Gro. J. Yx0, xa.
Engineer and Secretary, Shanghai Gas Company.
Police—Pay of Foreign Constables.—A petition from 37 Foreign Constables to have thole pay raised, is submitted, and referred to tke Watch Committee for consideration, The Chairman of the Watch Committee also mentions that another petition had been received a short time before, signed by some of the Constables who had come out by the steamer Priam, relative to the treatment they had received on the way out. It had not been submitted to the Council, as it was purely a Watch Committee matter. The latter were in comication with Messrs, Butterfield and Swire, the Agents here of the steamer, about it, but as the petition had not come in till after the departure of the steamer, the thing had to be referred home, go that it would be sume months before anything could be settled.
Police—Annual Report by Superintendent is submitted, Dangerous Trafic.—The Police to seo that no heavily Jaden wheel-borrows are allowed to cross the Szechuen road bridge, unless each is under the charge of two coylies.
Visit of Tso Tsung-tang—Disorderly Conduct of Soldiers—The following correspon-deuce is ordered to be published Shanghai, flat January, 1884.
Sin,—In reply to your letter dated the 19th december last, asking me whether or not the accompanying letter from the Taotai to Mr,
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