Shanghai, 13th June, 1892.
Str,—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, intimating that in consequence of your ap: proaching departure from Shanghai you had on that day resigned the Seniorship of the Consular Body, and that Mr. Leonard, U.S, Consul-General had assumed the duties of Senior Consul.
Tu bidding you farewell I have to thank you for the courtesy and support which the Council have always received from you during your term of office.
Thhave the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, Joux G, Puxvox, Chairman, R. Wacser, Esq., Consul-General for France.
Pond—North Honan Road.—The following correspondence is eubsnitted and ordered to be published Shanghai, lo $ Juin, 1892.
Moxsieuk we Prestwest,—Jo nai pas mangue de transmettre 4 S. Exe. lo Taotat In lettre que vous m'avez fait Thonneur de m'écrire lo 2 Avril an sujet dune mare d'eau stagnant A Hongkew que la Municipal proposait de faire combler si les autorités Chinoises ne faisaient pas preceder & ce travail par les riverains intéressés.
Exc. lo Yaotai m'a fait savoir quail aprouvait lo travail en question utile an point lo vue de la salubrite, mais quail faisait ses reserves quant la propriété clu terrain ainsi constitu et qui, dans son opinion, deva faire partie clu territoire national chinois.
Lo Corps Consulaire qui aconsidéré ce point est davis quail convent d'abord d'exécuter lo travail et que la question de la propriété clu tol deva tre considéré ultérieurement #il a bien.
Agréet, Monsieur lo President, les assurances de ma consideration tree distinguée, Monsieur J. G. Purvox, President clu " Municipal Council,"
Shanghai, 16th June, 1892.
Sin,—Referring to the' letter addressed to mean the 8th inst. by the then Senior Consul, Mr. Wagner, I have now the honour to request that you will inform the Tuotai that on the 26th" April the District and Mixed Court Magistrates met the Municipal Engineer at the Canton Garden when he explained to them that the Council proposed to fill in the stagnant pond there, and to utilise the ad tional ground thus made in order to widen the North Honan Road; they also proposed to place a small bridge across the creek at the end of the pond, and the Magistrates agreed to these arrangements, on condition that the creek is not interfered with, and that a culvert is constructed under the North Hooan Road and the creek deepened.
The stagnant pond has been filled in and the creek as arranged, and the Connell are sow prepared to mule up the continuation of the North and Honan to have the culvert constructed, provided that the Taotai will place under their care, the road as far as the Rifle Butts, and will undertake that it shall always remain a public road dedicated to public use.
T shall feel much obliged if you will ascertain fromthe Taotai whether he will agree to this arrangement.
have the honor to be; Sir, Your obedient servant, Jous G. Punvox, Chairman. J. A. Leoxann, Esq., U.S. Consul-General and Senior Consul.
Assault on Police by Chinese Soldiers.—Report from the Capt. Superintendent of Police is read, stating that the Mixed Court Magistrate has requested him to ivformthe Council that the men who attacked. the police in the Maloo, on 20th May, have been bambooed, two of them cashiered, ud the officer in command has expressed
ducted themselves." his sore that they should have miscon-Overhead El-etric Wires.—The following correspondence is ordered to be published The New Electric Light Company, Limited, Shanghai, 11th June, 1892.
Sui,—This company has been applied to for a tender for the installation of the Electric Light in the new wing about to be added to the Shanghai General Hospital.
Before tendering, however, it is necessary that the Company should know whether the Council will grant permission for connecting the building by means of overhead wires, us the cost of an underground connection, if such De feasible, may render the tender prohibitive.
The wire would have to be carried from the comer of the Chapoo and North Szechuen Roads to the Hospital, a distance of only some 100 yards, and as this short extension could be effected by carrying the wire along a front road facing the creek, with houses on one side only, my directors trust that the Council will grant the required permission, in the event of the Company's tender being am, Sir, Your obedient servant, Cuas. J Dovaros, Acting Secretary. "To J. G. PARDON, Haq."
Chairman of the Municipal Council. site Shanghai, 15th June, 1892.
Sin,—I am directed Wo woknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th inst, and to inform you that the Council are ogum farther extension of overhead wires in the considering the question of allowing any Settlement, and they will let you know in a short time whether they can grant the Electric Company: permission to connect their works with the General Hospital by means of overhead wires.
Tam, Sir, Your obedient servant, R. F. Tuonnunx, Secretary.
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