As a result of the Council's letter arising out of the petition signed by residents in Markham Place, " communication from the Seni Consul is read forwarding the Taotai's reply to the effect that the Directors of the charitable institution known as the Pao An Tang have been directed to remove the nuisance Shanghai, 20th August, 1907.
Sin,—Herewith enclosed I have the honour to forward copy and translation of a letter received from the Taotai in reply to the petition signed by residents in Markham Place and transmitted by yon to the Consular Body on the '29th ultimo.
T have the honour to be.
Sir, Your obedient servant, D. Sirrent, Consul-General for Belgium, and Senior Consul.
'D. Laxpate, Esq..
Chairman, Municipal Council.
8,000 Translation of letter from the Taotai to the Senior Consul, dated the 11th August, 1907.
Thave the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter, received on the 10th instant regarding the danger to public health caused by the presence of old coffins and bodies on the western side of the new Chinese road.
I was already in possession' of a report from the General Police Station on the same subject, and I did order the director of the Pao An Club to have all the bodies unprovided with coffins and the abandoned coffins removed and buried elsewhere, to force the proprietors of the others to do the same within a certain limit of time: and, should the latter not obey, to have such burial effected on their behalf by the Pao An Club—in order to make the place wholesome and to avoid opidemic diseases; this being on record.
In consideration of the above, Lam now ordering again the director of the said institution to take action accordingly and I am sending s deputy to conjointly deal with the matter in a satisfactory way.
Rice.
'A letter from the Senior Consul is submitted enclosing translation dispatch from the Taotai on the subject of accumulation of stocks of rice by ce tain rice-dealers in the Settlement, Tt is considered that the practice in question in raising the price of the staple article of diet inflicts hardship upon the poorer Classes of natives and is_generally prejudicial to good order. tis noted that the account books have already been subjected to examination as a result of Srder in proper form duly executed by the Police before receipt of the correspondence. A translation of this order, and reply to the Senior Consul as directed, is ordered for publication Translation of a Mixed Court Order leaned on the 8th July, 1907.
'A. dispatch has been received from the Taotai to the effect that while the price of rice is at present incrossing to an extraordinary extent, a shop known as Hung Sheng in the French Settlefnent, and another establishment, rice-mill have recently stored a very large quantity for purposes of tion. In the view that steps should be taken to cause the quantity accummu~ lated in these establishments to be sold at s moderate rate, the Mixed Court Magistrate is directed, with the ce-operation of the Police, to seize and examine the account books of the Yuen Chang rice-mill in the foreign Settlement, and the Hung Sheng Fice-shop in Li Hongkem, both of hich are stated to have stored Thormous stocks of rice for the purpose selling it at the highest possible fate obtainable, regardless of the hard-Ship. thus inflicted upon the common people. On the ground that local peace and good order sre thus Bangered, the Taotai gives directions Ghar if apy substantial evidence is from
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