To the Cuaratas of the Municipal Council of the English and American Settlements, Saughai.
Shanghai, 14th October, 1881, Stz,—I hai acknowledge receipt of your letter of Sth inst., address to the Chairman, which lias been submitted to the Council, and in reply, I am directed to say that they are pte Prepared to treat with the Great Northern Telegraph Company on the basis of your present application, to be allowed to put up, under the control of the Council, the poles and wires necessary for a Telephone Exchange, and that they will communicate with you on the subject in the course of the next week or ten days, Tam, Sir, Your obedient servant, To Hesarx Bone, Esq., con lary.
General Agent, Great Northern Telegraph Company.
Widening Poochow Rowd between Kiangse and Honan Roads.—The following letter is ordered to be published Shangh: 4th October, 1881.
Grsttees,—Referring to your letter of 24th August, accepting the Council's offer for the strip of your laud in Foochow Rond, I aim now directed to say that if you can
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