The usual formal business is transacted.
Road Extensions adjoining Markham Roat.—The following correspondence ordered for publication, recording surrenders by Mr. W, A. C. Platt of portions of Cadastral lots 866 and 3546, Western District. By the former of these surrenders, and owing to the recent.purchase by the Council of the Upper Boat-house site, land sufficient for a forty foot road, to lead from the Markham Road to the Soochow Creek (Extension No. 16) has now been acquired.
4, Balfour Buildings, Shanghai, 22nd January, 1901, Dear Srr,—Re surrender of land B.C. Lot 2559 Markham Road.
With regard to your letter addressed to Mr, Algar on the above subject, I beg to inform you that I am prepared to surrender the land coloured pink on the Fim and measuring i fun 6 (i 5 hoon at the lan accompanying your communication to rate of Tls. 1,500 per inow. If you will have the necessary' surrender deeds drawn up, 1 shall be pleased to sign them Re surrender of Land B.C.
1915. ing celebrated Ju continuation of the correspondence that has between the Council and Mr. Algar on this matter I now bug to state that T am willing to surrender the half of the road from the Markham Road to the Soochow Creek at the rate of Tls. 1,500 per mow on the condition that the road is made up and properly drained within the next 12 months.
With regard to the proposed 40-foot road along the Soochow Creek I shall require the Council to pay for the land surrendered at the assessed rate at the time of surrender, and also refund nie the amount expended on the new bunding and mud filling for which work a contract has been entered into and which has to be carried out forthwith to expedite building operations. If thia arrangement is accepted a memo. showing the sum expended on the bunding and filling will be forwarded to you.
Yours truly, W. A.C. Pharr. Cuas. Mayse, Esq., Municipal Engineer and Surveyor.
Council Room, Shanghai, 27th February, 1901.
Sin,—I am now directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22nd ultimo, addressed to the Municipal Engineer, upon the subject of certain road extensions adiffereto, to say. that the Council is prepared joining in reply
to acquire the strips ex B.C. Lots 2509, 1879 and 1915 therein denoted at the rate you mention, viz. Ils. 1,500 per mow.
am to inform you that the road to connect the Markham Road and the Soochow Creek will be made up and drained so soon as the negotiations with oe! owners of the are' concluded, which cannot fail to be Upper Boat House property, already on foot, within the time specified in your letter.
In reference to the road extension along the creek side I am directed to state that the Council has no immediate intention of carrying it through, but that a note will be nade of the cost of bunding, shown in your proposed memorandum for use when com-Pensation for this portion of lot 1879 is computed.
Tam, Sir, Your obedient servant, W. E. Levesox, W. A. C. Pratt, Esq.
"Acting Secretary.
Shanghai.
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