Dean Sin,—Referring to your le: ter and our conversations to the encroachment of our new Bank building, we should like to make the following proposal to the Council That, against allowing us the eucroxchmeut in question, we shall give the Council free use for the public of pieces of ground between the new building and the Kiukiang Road and between the Building and the Bund.
We trust the " council will consider this proposal a fair and acceptable one, the more fo 8 part of the wall of the old Dent Hong: (our new property) makes an encroachment of almost double the size of the one we correspond about.
Will you kindly point thi out to the) Council and let us know the decision take With thanks in advance Yours faithfully; Rosso-Curxes Basx, P. Braun, Esq., pp. M. Srrezatay.
Council Room, 7th September, 1902, ThaMES, - Lam direct-d to acknowledge of your letter of yesterday on the} subject The encroachment mite by your building on the Bund. "The accepts yung _propoval therein by which it is understood and agreed that, sok the said encroachment remains, those portions of the Benk's property Lying between the new building and. the ug Road, and between the building and the Bund "(as shown in original plan submitted) shall be and remain free to the: use of the public.
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