The election of members for the French Municipal Council which took place on Thursday was apparently not of any great interest to the ratepayers of the French Concession, for des-Pite the fact that there was an electors' list showing the number of voters to be no less than 762, no more than 148 ratepayers attended at the French Town Hall to cast their suffrages. The voting opened at 10 a.m. under the presidency of M. Dufaure de la Prade acting French Consul-General, whose duties were subsequently taken over in turn by MIN. F. Roy and Eh, Gayot.
There was in fact no contest between the candidates who came forward only in sufficient number to fill the vacancies, but the election had nevertheless to be held under French law for the purpose of deciding for what periods the new councillors should serve.
The result of the ballot for the French Municipal Council is as follows.
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