rent in the eyes of the native criminal, a fact which was recently evidenced by the statement of one prisoner in open Court to the effect that he desired to return to Gaol in order to obtain good food.
The abolition of blows in the Foreign Settlement, if genuinely an experimental administrative reform, has thus clearly proved an inequitable, premature and perilous measure. Tam confident however that consideration of the events! concurrent with this innovation, and the manner in which it has been carried out, will confirm the Consular Body in the views expressed in the Council's letter of April 13.
Tu conclusion it may he observed that in the Coaucil's opinion the bam-the sum of Tls. 220, being calculated at the assessed value, plas 1096, and less one-third for betterment.
Peking and Szechuen Roads.—The following correspondence relates to the widening of these roads ex Cadastral Lots 20 and 27, the claim for compensation in which matter will be submitted for decision by the Land Commission:
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