'A return of the sums expended by the Hospital pon pauper patients during 1907 shows an aggregate of Tls. 4,265, and, in accordance with a promise made by the Council in July. last, the question of the annual Municipal Grant is reconsidered. The Coancil is in favour of increasing this grant from Tls. 3,000 to Tls. 4,000, not, however, retrospectively, At the suggestion of the Captain-Superintendent of Police the following warning is authorized for issue in the form of a native notification "Te having come to the notice of the Council that certain evilly-disposed persons, chiefly of the mafoo and ricsha-coolie class, are conspiring together and holding meetings to arrange to create! trouble against the Tramway Company.
"This is to give duc warning to all such persons and others who may hereafter cause any distarbanee or who in any illegal manner may attempt to prevent or hinder the running of tramways that they will be dealt with most severely by the Police without further warning.
"Meetings for sach a purpose as to arrange to hinder the proper and pence fal running of the tramways. are improper, and persons found attending such meetings will be dealt with according to law.
"One such meeting is known to the Council to have taken place, and those! who attended the meeting have used threatening and illegal language towards: 'a legitimate and lawful undertaking. These people should now take warning and expecially those mafoos who think they will escape punishment because they are in the service of foreigners.
"The tramways will in no way inter-fore with other trades, therefore let other trades not interfere with the tramways.
"Licenses for ricshas and carriages will continue to be issued as usual upon application at the Tax Office.
"It has been decided that the tramway shall ran in the Settlement, so the action of ill-advised and evilly-disposed persons who attempt to prevent them will only bring retribution upon their own head:
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