Tausen submitted, calling the attention of the Council to the way in which the small birds about the Settlement are being off, and suggesting that the Taot be asked to prolubit the sale of them in the macker, Decided to inform Mr, Jansen that the Council do not consider it advisable to ask the Tuotai to interfere with the sale of the birds in the market, but that the police have instructions to arrest any one found capturing or destroying birds in the Settlement, and that uotifieatious in Chinese to this effect have been issued by the police and the Mixed Court Magistrate.
Shanghai Electyie Company.—Correspondence is ordered to be published Shanghai, 4th March, 1884, SiR,—I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 3rd itis., intimating that the Blectric Company propose to commence. a once the necessary preparations for erect the 25 admit ights, which the Coaucil if are instructed to arrange for, Your letter has b-en submitted ty the Council, and in reply, I am directed to ask' at what date does the Electric Company propose that the new contract should couimence, and when will the Company provide the Guplicnte machinery to b ble, if re-
What gnarantes can the Electric Company give the Council that if a contract is made for the 25 additional Ian Brush Electric Company of Cleveland will give, it the fi cial support necessary to enable it to carry out the eyreement? 3 Lam also directed to péiut out to yon that by the Sth claage of the present contract, the Electio Company undertook to keep an alternative set of apparatus, at their Central Station to be ready for use in'caxe of accident to that ordinarily employed, but which does not seem to have been do Lath, Sir, Your obedient servant, R_W, Liter, Secretary, Shas RF. Tuorsurs, Secretary, Electric Ca, Shanghai, Sth March, 1884, Siz,—I have to acknowledge reovipt of your letter 4+ of 4uh apparatus used for supplying current 35 lamps at present taken by the practically duplicated: that to say, if any accident were to happen to the dyuauio used for this circuit, the other similardyaamo last July.
little chance of the ste by wire that ipmeut, and it will be shipped immediately, Spare belting in addition to that in stock been order Francisco, any breakdown at the Station will interrupt the supply of light.
Law, Sir, Your obedient servant,
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