To the Secrsrany of the Municipal Council, North of Yang-king-pang.
Decided to exempt the premises from aving the reval Municipal taxes, ax is jone with other Chatitable Institutions.
Proposed New Roads in Hongkew.—The following letter from Messrs. Morrison and Gratton is submitted 1, Foochow Road, Shanghai,' 7th October, 1886.
RE NEW ROADS—AMERICAN SETILEMINT, Sin,—We beg to endes and particulars of the following proposed Auerican "Settlement, Hong-ion of North Kiangse Road from native road leading into North g from North Ki Road 00 to the North Szech The extension of the Woochang Road into the North Szechuen Road, 16 appro Jength of the now Roads and exten ut three-quarters o for which the owners are render the Iand us for id two hundres n includes the cost of all expenses in con Imoat the whole of the by Chinese who will only provided that the uow presented be carried We are, Sir, Your obedient ts, Monnison & Garros, To the Cuainaan of th Shanghai Municipal Council, The Chairman states that the above letter was referred to the Works Committee for consideration and reads the following minute of their meeting held on the 22ud October.
The Committee report that they ina position to aay whether th quired to make the ronds should chased ut an th up, uistalling, draining and laying curbs, ete, oat very considerable sum, they are of opinion that the Council should not com= mit themselves to the expenditure of this amount within two years, and recommend that the whole scheme should be submitted to the Ratepayers at the next annual meet-
Phe following is the estimate of the cost of making up, ete, of there roads, pro: pared by the Surveyor Raising j of a mile of road with mud 2 tet high ails 1,700.00 Draining—369 Chang Eyg-shaped rains including sinks, etc. se." 4,800.00 Metalling—1,188 fovg at Tls. 3.50 4,200.00 Curbs and Side Channels—792 Chany at Tls. 2.70 2,200.00 Cost of jand tle, 19,100.00
The Council agree with the Works Committee, and itis decided to write to Messrs. Morrison and Gratton recommending thont to submit the scheme to the Ratepayers at the annal meeting, Proposed New Rowl from Broadway to Seward Road—Tho following letter from Mr. Kingemill is submitted Shanghai, 15th October, 1886.
Dear Ste,—I have bad a con i Mr. Ching Cuong who has purchased Lot 491 on the North side of the Broadway nearly opposite ti ing Roa The lot extends in depth to the old Man. darin road and he is willing to surrender a slip 30 fect wide next to lot 168 for the purpose of making a road tend to the Seward Road at the rate of ads 3,000 which is lees than was paid for the land Mr, Frederick Sassoon is building new houses in the Seward Road on lot 421 in U.S. Consulate (now 168 in H.M, Consulate) has left a provision for the proposed road to at thin and and ie willing to surrender the land, A comparatively small extent of
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