To the Editor of the "Norru-Cuina Datty News."
Sin—If your report of the address delivered by Mr.
Wang before the Civie League on Monday last is correct the orator was dangerously inaccurate in his statements.
The municipal system in Shanshai had its origin in, the obligations imposed on the foreign leaseholders by the Chinese authorities when the boundaries of the then English Settlement were defined. A proclamation of the Shanghai Taotai of November 29, 1845, embodied regulations which had been agreed upon by the Taotai and the British Consul whereby inter alia the latter was required to appoint a committee of "three upright merchants" to devise means for the upkeep of roads, jetties and
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