Sim,—Your letter of the 9th inst. concerning the public slaughter house erected by the Municipal Council of the Foreign Settlement, Hongkew, was submitted to the Municipal Council of the French Concession at their last meeting and I am directed to inform you, in answer, that this Council do not consider themselves entitled to take any steps in order to prevent the slaughter of cattle at Pah Sion Jao, outside the limits of the French Concession. As regards the ment carried ov this Concession, the Council continue to supe vise its sale, through the inspector of markets, as has always been done until now, This Council are all the more in favour of such sanitary measures as the recent establishment of a public slaughter house on your Concession as they then selves, on the 14h Sept., 1891, made a proposal to your Council to take steps in common for the same object. You answered this proposal, in yarr letter of the oth October, 1891, by informing me that your Council hud decided to have wu abattoir built wt their own expense and that, the French Council decided to build one 0, they would be glad to adopt rules in common with them, Asscheme is now under consideration for the erection of a public abattoir at the ex: pense of the French Municipality and I shall inform you in due time of its progress, Tam, Sir, Your obedient servant, R. be MaLMErne, Secretary. Esq., Secretary of the Municipal Council of the Foreign Settlement."
Voluuteers—Annual Juspection,—'The following letter is read and ordered to be published From the General Officer Commanding in China and Hongkong, Headquarter Office, Hongkong, 20th March, 1893.
—With reference to your letter No.
30 of 25th January, 1893, and my reply of the 2nd February, Ihave' the heaour to inform you that I have selected Lieutenant Coloviel K. C. Barrow Commanding the Hong-Kong Regiment, to carry out the inspection of the Shanghai Voluntesrs. Colone! Barrow will probably leave Hongkong by the French Mail of the bth proximo.
have the honour to be, ne Your most obedient sei vant, Diony Barken,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.