Another strange circumstance surrounding the discoveries is that the deeper the excavations go, the more Nineteen Nations Represented Parent it becomes that at one time or another there must have been a but over Fifty Per Cent. of Strength British very solid building on the site, before the old bank was ever bull Yet there appear to be no records 'A recent census of the various of such a building, and the bunding nationalities sei 1 in our local itself looks to be ly a century Volunteer Army old, before foreigners set here tions have repre Corps, Well may be described ° Chit wwe wall, but is built after the as the armed force of a ague of foreign style.
Although the work-Nations whose motto is "Defence! men have dug-down some 12 feet and not Defianes tance of the Bri cent. of the whole Corps is' knows how deep it is The old build-Dut the corollary of a national trai ing must have stood right on the which has made voluntary services water's edge.
Possibly there was a 40 much a part of its national life. wharf and godown on the spot at one The actual figures of the various time. "peoples" serving are as follows:—98 [covered on the western side of the The coffin and the well were dis-
Tat and have no connexion with the 100 bunding. The cetin itself 13 so. old. that The Chinese contractor 19 [is of opinion that itis 31 200 years old. The casket contained 88 skeleton, but as this was removed the Chinese almost immediately 14 after the discovery it is not known Other mationaitien 26 whether the body was that of a man Total oer person only.
A Woman. The coffin is that of a How these numbers compare with The well, discovered not far away, the able-bodied manhood ailable goes down eight feet only, and as it in Shanghai for its defence a point is very small will not interfere with that the consul-Generals concerned the building much. The bunding, can clear up, but very are it is that however, presents a more difficult the fixed establishments of Infantry problem, for it interferes with the Unite have not yet nor ever have whole foundation scheme. Piles-ean-been not be driven in through the brick. wall, but others will have to be Ir is und thay the Civil iven down on either side, and the Gos vnor_of Kianesu has sent an bridged over. gent ts Shanghai to conduct an in-Avnopos of the interesting disauiry in connexion with report coveries on the site of the new which he hus received of the Mun-Taiwan Bank, Mr. Maurice Benieipal Council "encroaching" into jamin writes that a year or so ago on. Chinese territory and causing breach.' the Pen Bui jing property a Chinese es. of China's" "sovereign rights' and a couple coffins were by. extending the Settlement "'con-! unearthed during trary to the treaties."
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