A rough Memorandum of Municipal Receipts and Expenditure for the current year was read. A balance of some C. Tls, 2,400 should be in hand at the and of the year, not including the amount claimed from the Chinese Government for damage, &e, Une der these circumstances it might be possible to arrange for the larger scheme of building without borrowing money.
The smaller building could be paid for with the funds now coming in, The Council were using eve restore order in the British Hy. sade to and prevent the assembling of disorderly Chinese and no doubt under the new Police Regulations an improvement would soon be apparent.
"The Report referred briefly to the in-[cidents connected with the recent riot. The Council kad engaged a European Police Inspector, Mr. J. Singer, who had been in the Shanghai force, also two Ningpo Sergeants. It was hoped that under their care the Municipal police would soon become a more efficient body.
The force now consisted of—1 European Inspector, 2 Ningpo Sergeants, and 10 Native Constables.
The old Club building had been kindly lent by H.B.DL.'s Consul to the Council for the men, pending the building of new quarter Mr. Derr remarked that in the Budget no provision had been made for stone rubble required to fill up the hole in the river bed in front of Concession Lots 1 and 2. He thought it very advisable to appropriate at least Tls. 1,000 for this purpose. Hie had noticed a cracking and aubeidones in the stone facing at that part—also a cracking of walls on No. 1 Lot. said in reply that no appropriation had been The Hox'y Secretaxy of the Council
made for that purpose—the Bund at that part had been carefully watched, but no change was wrent—nor was there an cracking of walls on No, 1 Lot, as alleged.
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