Loud Extension No 17 W.—Freo surrenders of unregistered land by Chinese, aggregating Mow 1.610, are noted in connection with the section of this extension between the Bubbling Well and Weihaiwei Roads, and it is decided to forward the usual plu of the land for file in the Native Land Office. The following surrenders from registered lots are also recorded Cooper—_—ex B.C. lot 2178 Mow 0.205 Middleton ex B.C. lot 2550 Mow 0.057 Algar&Beesley ex B.C. lot 4114 Mow 0.328
Meat Supply. The following correspon dence is ordered for publication Council Room, Shanghai, 22nd April, 1904.
i,—The Council's attention has been drawn to the recent increase in the retail price of meat sold in the Settlements and as the result of enquiries instituted, it has been ascertained that this increase is justified by the existing conditions of the cattle trade. The price of animals for the Shanghai market has nearly doubled since 1900 owing to increased demand both for export and for local consumption, and the producing districts (Tanyang, ete.)
n which most of the supply is drawn pear to be unable to meet this demand. ireumstances I have th honour to draw your attention to the correspondence which passed between the Council and yourself in October 1901. (published in the Municipal Report for that year) and to renew the request then made, viz., that, in the interests of the foreign community's food supply and of those neighbouring ports which obtain their cattle from Shanghai, the Chinese Authorities may be induced to encourage the production and export of oxen, etc., from the Nanbui (Pootung) district. The Council is informed that for reasons un-Known, but which are probably not unconnected with influences exorcised by the Tanyang dealers, the Nanhui Magistrate continues to impede rather than to promote the cattle trade within the limits of his authority, and the Council would therefore request that the matter should receive the Consular Body's attention and that enquiry should be made as to the effect of the communication, addressed by H. E. Yuan Taotai to Magistrate Wong in 1901.
I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, Chairman.
J. Goopyow, Esq., Consul-General for the United States, and Senior Consul.
Shanghai, 30th April, 1904.
Sm,—I have to acknowledge receipt of your No. 04/251 regarding the import of cattle from Nanbui.
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