the Secretary snd Gumnasium from he Colonel Com: applying for authority cor the German '"reaps to use the gymnasium at the Town Hall, which is sanctioned Cheon foong Road tetty.—Certain corres. pondence is forwarded for the information of the Council by Messrs. Jardine, Mathe: on Ca., as Agents of the Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Company, referring to an application by Messrs. Hotz _s'Jacob & Ca.. to be allowed the use by their cargo-boats of is Muvicipal landing stage. Noting that the existing agreement with Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Ca., made in 18:7 in regard to these facilities, is a yearly one, the opinion of the Council is that, should a general demand for exercise of the public ts be made, it woul! be necessary to th+ existing arrangements which in_at the Chaoufoong and Kungping Road Jetties, but in the absence of such demand there is no reason to interfere with existing conditions.
Public Water Surply.—The following correspondence is ordered for publication, containing the terms of a renewal of the existing agreement with the Waterworks Compang for one year.
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