Dear Sm,—In reply to your letter of the 21st. inst ro the above matter. We are instructed by our client to say that he will be willing to surren-r to the Council strip of the above Lot measuring Om, Of. Gl. 2h., for wid ning th+ Pekin Road, fre wf cost, and afte: wards ty take a tease of it from the Council at a wuwinal rental of " $1.00 poor annam, until e portion of the joining Lot which is sch-duled for widening: the sume road is acquired by the Cornell.
Yours f.ithfully, Downatt, Haxsox Cuas. Mayne, Ese, unoil Room, Shanghai, 8h August, 1902, Geytuemes,—Lam directed to acknowledg ge receipt of your letter of the 2nd ultimo, addressed to the Municipal Engineer, in which you state that your client is. willing to surrender free, for the purpose of ing the Pekin Road, a strip of land Om. OF 61. %h. ex B.C. Lot 4022, ud afterwards to take a Tease of it from Council at a nominal rent of $1.00 per annum til such time as that portion of the adjoining lot, which is schedulel for widening the same road, is acquired by the Council.
Jo reply, Law to say that this arrangement has the Council's approval and that surrender devils will be forwarded to you for execution in due course. Yon will doubt regard the publication of this correspondence as suiticient evidence of the leasing arrangement.
Tam, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, P. Buasp.
Secretary.
Mess. Downatt, Haxsos & McNex, Shanghai.
The meeting then adjourns.
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