Jo serai heureux de continuer les excellents (Chinese) feet, and the river rushing up-rapports qui out existe entre mon prédéceswards met the downward current at Liisour et vous, et jo vous prie d'agréer, chia wa, on the north-east bink, making Monsieur lo President, les assurances de ma the whole region in that ity one vast consideration la plus distinguée. lake of surging waters. The officials con-Bezaure, nected with this part of the Yellow River have been distinctly culpable for neglect Monsieur Scorr, th their duties and have failed to keep President da Conseil Municipal clu the vigilant watch necessary to prevent "Foreign Settlement" Shanghai. such overflowing of the banks. We there-Works Matters.—The following report by fore command that the Coldnel, Hit the Engineer, giving particulars of the Chia-Ch'ing, be forthwith cashiered and works completed during August, and of dismissed, and the district magistrate those now in progress is submitted, and Chang Hsid-yi and police magistrate Fang ordered to be published Tung-lin be also cashiered but be allowed to remain at their posts to superintend the The following works have been.completed restoration of the said breach. 'As for the Bouprxcs.—An eight-stall' stable with Assistant Commissioner of Works of the mafoos' quarters has been erected for the lower banks of the river, the prefect Ts'ang Fire' Department at the foot of the Central Erh-yon, he is temporarily deprived of his Station Bell Tower. button, while the Chief Commissioner, the A loft for storing straw has been erected Tuotai Ting Ta-yi is to be handed to the at the Cattle Sheds, Board for determination of penalties. Li 'A-wooden shed 14'x 6' x8! for storing fuel Ping-hong is also culpable for not keeping has been erected at the Louza Station, proper control over his subordinates in this 'The' roof of the Carter Road Station has matter and he is also to be handed to the Board in the same way. We would here A store-room 17'0" x 80" has been partition-impress upon. the said Governor to exhort ed off and whitewashed at the Police Station, his subordinates to be most careful and on new fender pile has been lett in watching over the welfare of the Road Bridge, Yellow River embankments and to use their bamboo fence has been erected best endeavours in trying to restore the on the south side of the Nanking Road large breach which has been above reported ridge. to us, for the safety of the whole region The planking to the Garden Bridge has will depend upon the promptitude exercised been tarred and sanded. in this case.
Critersnres.—311 chang of bamboo fencing, Yuan Feng-lin is appointed Treasurer has been erected at the Bubbling (Well vice Wang Lien cashiered, and Yii Lien-san is promoted tothe Treasuer-Chapel, Shantung Road Cemetery: have bess water tank and piping to the Mortuary ship of Shanse vacated by Yuan Feng-li repaired and painted, Kuei Chung-hsing is appointed: Provincial
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