We translate the following from the oficial French version in the Echo de Chine of the 12th instant Vu, officer of the second rank, superi tendent of Imperial Customs for' the pr eof Kiang tendant of the Ssu, issues the following proclamation On the Lith day of the 3rd moon of the 29th year of Tao Kuang (6th April, 1849) were determined, afte standing, by the "Taotai Lin, the resi tions relative to the Concession situated to the seth of the Yangkingp then this site consecrated tw foreign trade has become day by day more flourishing the 9th moon of the 11th year of Hsien: (29th October, 1861) the Taotai Wu, in ord with M. Aidan, then Consul-Gen ral of France at Shangh: extended the French Conces: on up to the creek of the Little East Gate Later, on the 13th day of the 2nd neon of the 24th year of Kuang Hsit (th March 1898) "the Taotai 'Tai, then ed from M. de' Bezwur 1 of France at Shangh: for an extension. of the The discussion that my entry been' advised by TH.
ud Cumiaissioner of the Souther Ports and Viceroy of the Two Kiang, that he had delegated to come to vnghai to collaborate under my direc-in the regulation of the cession, Mr.
Consid fering that the ual dovelopmicat of trade at Shang. hoi had rendered the French Concession insullicient, I invited the two delegates, as was propery to discuss and examine the cussion, With the assistance of Mest Ferguson agreement with M. de Bezaure, Consul-General of F "l the determination of the four boundaries of the extension iva settled matter.
The okt regulations for the establish. ment of Concessions, and the new dispo: of the loment, stipulate for the of the rights of the Chinese in their e" porate lands and buildings, cemeteries, and creeks. These regulations have been Ineady printed elsewhere, published, and posted in public plies, so that all' may have knowledge of and! conform to then. s will be applicable to the present extension.
In conformity with precedent ordered the sub-prefect_ of Shang! make, with the delegates Ferguson and and the engineer of the French Muni pality, the map showing the boundaries: of the extension as they have been determined, and 1 have officially formed M, de Bezaure, Constl-General of
without dela; France, peiaeed Tt By the precant eetoatasi we make it known to all, that from now—with the exception of the temples built by Imperial order, the sites belonging to the Chinese government, the foreign cemetery, which remains as before International, and the road giving access to it,* which will not be under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Council of "the French Concession—all The Echo de Chine adds a note that this question has been since arranged to the mutual satisfaction of the parties interested.
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