But with a pertinacity worthy of all praise and in face of difficulties raised by all sorts of people,-the Municipal Council devoted itself to' the cleansing of the Augean stable, morally and physically. The members of the earlier Municipal Councils exercised semi-judicial functions, for it was ordered that all cases of misdemeanour should be reported to some member of the Council who will take duty week by week in alphabetical order of their names, to enquire into the cause of apprehension, and either dismiss the case, or send the offenders to trial by the proper authorities in case he deems fit." After a while the jurisdiction of the foreign and Chinese authorities got wonderfully mixed up, and, asa natural consequence frequent squabbles resulted. The earlier police force under the Coundll received a subsidy from the Chinese Government, which was paid after many requests; the exercise of eriminal jurisdiction over Chinese by foreigners Ted to several protests, whilst for some time the way in which Chinese underlings levied taxes and squeezes" upon the Chinese who had flocked into the Settlements during the times of disorder provoked angry Temonstances.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.