Round the World on a Wheel, being the Narrutive of " Bicycle Ride of nineteen thonsrned tree londres and thirty-seven miles through seventeen Coreutries and across three Continents, byTohn, 8. Edad Lun, and TH. Written by John Foster Fraser. With one hundred illustrations. In cloth, 8vo., 532 pp. London Methuen & Ca." 1899, The Buro-Cycluno-Meter: " new Instrument the Object of which is to Determing the Existence and Forecast the Approwching of Typhoons. In paper, 860.8 pp. With a photo ud plans, Observatory Private Printing Office, 1898.
Bue-t-Brac, the Stmp-Collector's Manval. January, 1899. Small 8yo., 12 pp. London: published by J. W. Palmer, "(id.)
Tenth Annual Report of the Canadian Presbyterian Mission in North Honan, China, for 1898. In paper, Svo.
Shanghai: American Presbyte We have been requested ty publish the following letter:
Sin,—My_attenti to your letter of the addi 30th March. been directed by the Viceroy of of the Ching-Chaing referred to in your letter. were established for the better regulation of the ownership of Tand at Woosung, and as there seems to he misapprehension as to their respectived fonetions, it is desirable that the same should he ex The Woosung Settlement th special application of the Viceroy of nking to the Throne permitting forand Chinese to rent and buy land there as the ease may be for purposes of trade and residence. The fieafans for land at Woosung were destroyed dui ing rebellion and in ease of ordinary only a bill of sale was made without even presenting it to the magistrate for registrar Formerly this course caused little difficulty but after the opening of the Settlement and with the rapid rise in the value of the land, in many cares several times or even ten times iis "ormer value, serious troubles arose. The original Iand-owners row regect ha a cheap and in some eases ne piece of land a nig gave rise to. consi-'To improve matters the croy has given orders for the establish-tot a Ching-Chang or Land Regulation Ottice to. which the Lind-owners. should send their documents of title for proper inspection and surveying to exchange for was formerly the ease in After the fan-tan is granted all ward to that fan-tan in which the ward ber where the land is situated and and boundaries ave specific 1 to its being stamped with the sate's seal. The Ching-Chang Ofiice is therefore to prevent illeil transactions th regard to the land and to give regi titles for the same.
With reference to land rented to for-arners the lessee has only to apply to his
4 46 in the ease of land in Shanghai, 1 Consul for Hiul-Chany or jo the Hui-Chang or Joine Surveying Ofiico has been established especially for the ave purpose. The tw Oltices do quite fferont business and in fact one has nection whatever with the other. Tu the joint surve and the Chinese Woosung calcul mow is equal to 200 Fung (one kvmg 6 fect 6 inches) hut it is decided to ko 240 kung or 7,260 fect equal to mow. A fee of S10 is charyed on each mow for joint veying. In Shanghai 8 per cent of the jue of land is charged, i.c., for every Tis, 100 of value a fee of Tls.'8 is chinged. The highest value of Lund in Woosuny is more than Tis, 3,000 per mow and the cheapest is not ess than Ts, 300 or 400. If the fee is charged at the Shanghai rate of 8 per cent, more than Tis, 200 will be charged in the one case and Tls. 25 or 35 in the other, The rate of fee of $10 a mow fixed by the Viceroy is in some cases 10 times tiny cases 20 or 30 times lower than the Shanghai rate, With reference to the land belonging to the Hsingli and Hong-Yuen Companies, fantans have boon applied for and granted under the foregoing regulations, It was Government land bought by the Chinese merchants forming these Companies who n dispose of the land as they think fit and in respect of which neither Chinese nor foreign officials have the Toast. right to interfere.
Tremain, Sir, Your obedient ser ut Director of Ching-Chany and Hui-Chang Ogices.
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