The increase in the population and the number of amall shopkeepers in Hongkew has necessitate ed some important developments in the way of market accommodation. For long time it has been felt that the old market was in-suffice ent to meet the demands of the large numbers of people who tre quanted it every day; both holders and purchasers, and with the object of relieving the congos tion, the Council, a year or ino ago, commenced building new prem-'They are really an extension of the old. The Council purchaeed a piece of land, measuring about six mow, from Probst, Hanbury Ca., adjoining the then existing market, and the new market roughly about the same size as ne old one, which was bounded Market Road, Boone Road, Hanbury Road and Miller Road. In
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