Smm,—Ia reply to your letter of this date, have only to express in more decided terms the advice ready given in my letter of the 8th mat.
'The health of the community will, in my gploton, enifer, should the Council permit the Water Works' Company to continue to riy their pipes in the of the settlement: jecretar, the Company's Engineer, anc proposed in the letter addressed to the ated 25th Aprils Tam, Sir, Your obedient servant, Epwarp Henpersow, Health Officer.
Tuonsurs, Ex Secretary, Mucicipal Council.
Electric Lighting.—The following correspondence is ordered to be published Shanghai, 24th April, 1882, Sin,—While in the United States this year, I have succeeded in making a very favour: able arrangement with the Brush Electric Company for the introduction of ti stem of lighting into North China, The Brush eyatom is now fully proved both in England and America to be the moat efficient and economiloal of the existing ma of electric "eP'am' prepared: through: the medium of Fimediately, yo undertake the lightia, public company, which I propose to organit ents, under your control, at bly loss than that at present paid for gas, 'The necessary machinery and lamps are now on their way from San Francise and the whole can be in working order be in a fow months' time.
I propose partly to erect poles to carry the nocebsary wires and lamps, and partly to sake uso of oles, and E now ight to erect the always to such cessary,) and and to hold yourselves op me or the company I propose to form for the lighting of the Settlement from the beginning of next Of practicable. that the cost shall be conslcrably leas than that at present paid for gas, of Shanghai, as revised and amended by the Diplomatic ' Represents ives at Peking, to-gother following suggestions which ith the foreign Ministers have agreed to make to the Ratepayers of Shanghai, to wit "TI [be 60 modified as to low the pecuniary limits therein named as qualif orsons to become members of the Muni-increased ts at Shan, ied that of not Less nor more than fifteen persons, and that the pecuniary qualification for a Municipal Councillor should be lessoned to Tis, 500 instead of tenders by public adi works specified sum, nent for all public ding in amount Thave the honour to be, Your obedient servant, 0. N. Dass, Consul-General, To W.C. WARD, Cee, Chairman, Municipal Council, Shanghs Decided to have the various alterations ted for the purpose of comparing the as amended with those approved of by The following correspondence is ordered to be published Shanghai 24th April, 1882.
Sm,—On bebait Less Messrs, Sassoon and Cusho: how Council to proceed the formation of the roads handed ov the public.
Tam aleo requested to call its at the nuisance caused to these and adjacent carrying nig) in the portion of the immediately adjoining, with rangements amended by op per end of the Creek, or by introducing a system of air tig servoirs on board such as is practised under like conditions in Europe, Yours R. F, Toornurx, Esq.,
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