The petition further states that the works affecting the widening and dredging of the creek, for convenience of navigators, are to be undertaken by the Municipal Council, while the Chinese Government has officially to notify the Council of the transportation of troops from Soochow to Shanghai, and rice versa, by the creek. The petition points out the importance of the creek, which runs over seven districts (Shanghai, Paoshan, Wu-hsien, Kading, Quinsan, Tsingpoo and Wukiang), and the vast amount need during regime in connexion with works thereon, The petition concludes by stating that serious inconvenience will be felt with regard to the transportation of troops and cultivation in fields in the interior if the right of control is given to foreigners, and suggests that the authorities to
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