The following letter is submitted Shanghai, 30th June, 188)
Sin,—Iam instructed to remind you, thut the agreement between the Council and Company for lighting the settlement termi ates this day and to say that the Directors are willing to renew the agreement for the supply of Gas necessary for lighting the streets at $3.0 per lamp per month for the your ending 30th Jume 1888.
The other terms on which the Company serve the Public remaining as at present, viz: subject to the fines as in the past for lamps being out, the labour, lighting, extinguishing is the lamps, the yearly painting and general repairs free of cost, the number of lamps not to be less than the present amic ber of 317 lamps.
Lam, Sir, Your obedient servant, Acting Secrdary. lunieipal Council.
Decided to write agreeing to renew the contract on the above terms.
Site for New Police Station.—The different tenders of land suitable as sites for the new Police Station in the Louza district are submitted, and it is decided to refer them to the Works Committee who will consider and report upon them to the Council at the next meet Side Walks, d&e.—The Vice-Chairman directs attention to the defective state of most of the side walks in the Settlement and recommends that instead of bert metalled as they are at present, they should be laid with concrete composed of Portland Cement, &c.
The Council agree that something should be done to improve the side walks and it is decided to instruct the Surveyor to report as to the kind of concrete which he considera
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