Mr. MeNeill said he could not understand ion of the Director of. Sicawei tory in this matter.
M. Bottu said that the French Council were the originators of the thing. Some difficulties arose between the Chinese and the French authorities reyatding the erect tion of a line connecting the Observatory and the Time Ball, and in fact at that time the Chinese authorities at Nanking refused to give any permission to the French Council to put the line on the French Sicawei Road or anywhere, That was why the China Merchants' S. N, Ca. agreed to have it done.
Mr. MeNeill—So that from the very beginning this line now claimed by the Director of Sicawei Observatory has been infamed at the expense of the Council.
His Lordship—T suppose the Director may he taken to represent the meteorological system.
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