At the Meeting of the Council held in the Board Room, No. 23, Kiangse Road, Shanghai, on Tuesday, the 19th February, 1889, at 4 o'clock p.m.
Present;—Messrs. A. G. Wood (Chairman), M. Adler, Yeend Duer. H. H. Jo-soph, J. Bf, G. J. Morrison, C. Overbeck, E. ley, and the Secretary.
The Minutes of the last meeting are read, confirmed, signed by the Chairman and passed for publication.
Cash Statement for the past week is submitted, and cheques for sundry accounts are signed.
Laud Assessment Schedule.—The follow: ing letter is submitted Shanghai, 14th February, 1889.
Smz,—As it is now some six years since the last Assessment Schedule was issued and about three hundred lots of land have in the meantime been added to the Register at the British Consulate-General alone, we beg to suggest that those pages of the Municipal Council Report" front the year.1882 to date referring to the assessment of new lots be printed and issued in pamphlet form, as a supplementary, Schedule until the Cornell publish a new List which snow much needed.
We are Sir, Your obedient servants, Morrisos & GRartox. The Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, Decided to comply with this suggestion, Hanbury Road Extension,—Report by the Surveyor is read stating that Ching Chow and Kao King-shing have now agreed to accept Ts. 1,000 per mow for the strips of their land required to allow of this road being carried through their property as originally proposed. The sums to be'paid amount to Tis, 1,100.55 and as Chu Yii-chee surrenders 2m. St. El. Oh. of his land free, this will be the whole cost of the land for the road between the village and the Yuen Fong Road extension, The Chairman considers that this is a very satisfactory arrangement, as when this road is carried through the village, and the bridge across the Creek is constructed, it will only be necessary to continue the road to a point in a line with " Wayside" and to connect it there with the Seward Road and this will complete the scheme of road extension in that neighbourhood, and it is not likely that any more new lines of road will require to be opened there for" considerable time.
Volunteers.—The following correspond ence is read and ordered to be published $1m,—The Annual Inspection of the Shang-Shanghai, 10th January, 1889, Volunteers is arranged to take place on or about the Gth April, and as the Municipal Council desire to have the report of a qualitied Officer upon the general alliciency of the Corps have the honour to inquire whether Your Excellency will appoint an Ofer to come here to assist at the Inspection as you have been good enough to do in former years, and if possible to arrange for his arriving before the 30th March.
By desire of the Major Commanding the Volunteers I have also the honour to request that you will allow the Cor during the training season next March the services of two Drill Sergeants to arrive here a few days before the end of February, one for the Artillery and the other for the Infantry, the latter to be well up in the new musketry instruction and to remain here a short time after the Inspection, if required.
Should you be able to allow the Volunteers the services of these'men, the Council will of course pay all expenses connected with their 1 visit to Si jove the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, A. G. Woon, Chairmen, To His Excellency Major-General Caaznoy, C.B., Commanding in China'and Straits Settlements.
Military Secretary's Office Hongkong, Sux,—In reply to your letter No. 80/7 of 13th La a 1889. the 10th ultimo, addressed to His Excellency the Lieut, General Commanding requesting the services of an officer to Inspect the Shang: hai Volunteer Corps at the termination of their annual training and for the assistance of two drill instructors, I have the honour by direction to acquaint' you that Sergeant French, Royal Artillery and Colour Sergeant
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