Building, road-making, and other provements have been carried tee war! in most of the foreign Concession. In. the British Settlement, in addition to a large number of dwelling houses, a fine office building has been erected by W. Forbes also a Japanese Bank, and a Russo-Bank. The Japanese Bank is of grey brick, pencilled, with here and there some very" pretty carving of chrysanthemum flowers in the same coloured tile. The building is very plain and simple save as relieved by the carving. It impresees one as massive and solid, and the general effect is pleasing. There is nothing for show, but it well comports with the object for which it was erected. The Russin Bonk is larger and much more pretentious. Stone wall, and dll the other wall-surface is cover is quite prominent in some parts of the
ed by small yellow tiles. Tastes differ, and doubtless many will consider this the finer building of the two, but to some the general effect is much less pleasing than in the other case. Tt is no doubt a substantial building as is suggested by the stone, but the covering of tile gives a suggestion of weakness and sham. It seems very strange that a Russian hank—should be built in the British settlement, instead of in the Russian. One would naturally suppose that it would have been located in its own Concession; but the fact seems to be that the very large majority of Europeans of all nationalities have a strone: habit of getting into a British Settlement if they can, apparently feeling. safer unde~ a freak of nature"? The that flag than under their own. Or is it only Most Extensive Improvements have been in the Japanese Concession. Tt. is a wonder to every one who knew that section of suburb and waste and cess-pool Jand how they would accomplish so much. They have filled acres of ponds of stagnant water, some of them 2s much as 10 feet deep, and have built a large number of two and three-storey houses, and apparently they both. have installed an electric are all occupied for residence or business, or an it would jesus a document of that impossible to say. It is not probable that
plant, have macadamized their new roads sort unless he felt perfectly sure that his on the newly filled ground as rapidly as it ion would be approved. "And if done was practicable to do so, and are forging without their Priest's Imowledge and apahead at, rapid) pace. Their Concession almost adjoins the old native city, and approval, it is very roprohensble neglect and disregard of obligations not to know what parently they are on excellent terms with hi is agents and representatives are doing.
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