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 Bridges on the Old Railteay.—The following correspondence is submitted and ordered to be published Her Majesty's Consulate-General, Shanghai, 13th December, 1888.
Si,—Referring to previous correspondence on the ject, T have the honor to enclose translation of a further letter from the Taot'ai tolative to the repairs of bridges on the old sd Woosung Railroad Track, Thave the honor to be, Your obedient servant, J. Hvons, A. G, Woop, Esq., Chairman Municipal Council, ote., ete., ote, Shanghai, Transtation, From Kung Taot'ai to Consul-Generad Hughes. (Dated K.8. XIV, xi. 9), 11th December, 1883, Sin,—I have the honor to refer to your letter of 22nd November, conveying the request of the Municipal Council that orders might be issued, according to precedent for the repair of (the Bridges on the railway rond from Shanghei to Woosung, which are in a dilapidated condition and becoming daily more dangerous for traffic.
On receipt of the letter above referred to, I sent instructions, as I informed you in my reply at the time, to Mr. Wang, Deputy in charge of the repairs on a previous occasion, to proceed to the spot to hold an inspection, He now reports that he sent for workmen and carefully examined the Bridges ascertaining, that out of the number of bridges repair during the winter of the XII. year of Kuang Ssu, seven are not in bad condition, but that six wooden bridges, being Nos. 1,'2, 3, 4, 7, and 9, are suffering from serious decay. As winter is coming on immediately, he requests that action be deferred until the beginning of spring, T have in consequence instructed him to of the above bridges are in need of it, as will execute such slight repairs where broken parts make them fit for passenger traffic, and to hand in an exact estimate next spring complete repairs. I shall be obliged if you will communicate the above to the Municipal Council, T have ete., [Card of Kuso Taot'ai).
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.