Acting Secret ry.
The Summons calling the meeting is taken as read.
The Minutes of last meeting are road, confirmed, signed by the Chairman, snd passed for publication.
Cush Statement for the past week is submitiel, and cheques for sundry accounts are signed.
Return of prisoners "apprehended and police daily reports for the past week are submitted.
Sinitary Department.—Report_ by the Heulth Otticer, and Municipal Surgeon, for June, is submitted.
Ne unusual features.
Electrical Department.—Report by the Superintendent is submitted, giving rarticulars "the works completed daring June, and of those still in pro; Native Livery Stables. by the Inspector is sub stating ti the different stables have been visited re-larly during the past month and were found in good sanitary condition, and all the ponies in good health.
585 carriage, and 741 ponies have been licensed for July, showing an increase on To A. R. Benet, Esq., the figures of last year.
4,198 jinrikshas, and 4,042 wheelbarrows have been licensed for the current month.
Market Inspector's Report for June is submitted.
This report, presents no features of unusual interest beyond two large seizures of snipe in native shops. A fine of $30 was inflicted on licensed butcher, Andre, Pakhoi road, for exposing for sale S4ibs. of beef unfit for hu.san food.
Sanitary Proclamation.—The annexed correspondence is ordered to be published Municipal Council, Shanghai, 24th June, 1897. as you are aware, been declared infected by Sm,—Certain of the southern ports having, The W.eE, Heratd a the Plague, it becomes the duty of the Can cil to take every possible precaution in the interests of the public health. To this end, a notification has been issued in the native and foreign press, informing the public of the outbreak in the south, and calling on all residents to assist the work of the Sanitary Inspector by joining in a general cleansing of the Settlenient. The Mixed Court Magistrate will also be roque-ted to issue a proclam: ceting attention to the above notice, Upon native residents to follow its instructions. Finally, some 30,000 print-ying the terms of the Notifiare now in process of distribution in those quarters were unsanitary conditions chiefly prevail, As it is extremely desirable that the native authorities should' be asso-lated with the Council in the protection of the public health, and as it is in the condition of the native city and of Sinza that exists the greatest source of danger in the event of any epidemic, the Council, following the course adopted by its predecessors in 1894, would now ask the kind assistance of the Consular Body in obtaining from BLE, the Taotai a proclamation which shall instruct the native Vopulation in those places to adopt sanitary measures similar to those enjoined by the Council.
I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, A.R. Pork, Chairman. To 0. SrurneL, Esq., Consul-General for Germany and Senior Consul, Shanghai.
Customs with a view of putting into operation all the ordinary precautionary measures against a possible outbreak of plague, but as these are only intended against the spreading of the disease by steamers arriving from infected ports it will also be necessary to adopt means which will be a safeguard against a possible outbreak in this port While these were still under di-cussion your letter arrived enclosing te Council's notitiestion, a clear proof to me of the interest the Consular Body take in the general welfare of the public health.
have issued now the proclamation and given the necessary instructions to the Shanghai Magistrate and the Local Authorities ordering them to show all their energy in taking action.
Thave, ete., Card of Taotai Liv. To Dr. 0. SreBet, Consul-General for Germany and Senior Consul.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.