The report of the International Committee of Chefoo for the year 1915 says that the state of the finances for the year has been above the average of former years. Several special gifts, and prompt payment by the Chinese property owners enabled the Committee to push ahead with the necessary work of the year as well as to undertake desirable improvements.
Many difficulties have been overcome by the sub-committee on sanity yn, but no success is reported in the matter of the objectionable water that drains into the creek from the filatures, to mitigate which nuisance the committee recommend that the filatures be provided with sanitary tanks through which the water must pass before it gets into the creek. The drainage system has been much improved, and considerable sum of money hi been profitably spent on this important health work.
Funds have been appropriated for the sinking of two wells, one of which has already been driven. These wells are the gifts of Mr. J. McMullen and Messrs. Chang Yuh Ca., and the Committee hope that another will be arranged for thi year. Streets are now properly named and marked with stone slabs and the Committee's steam roller has done much good work.
The Committee moved into the new premises provided by the gen-ersity of Messrs. Chang Yuh & Ca. These new offices, which are in Broadway, half-way between the Settlement and Enst Hill, cost the Committee $600 a year, and it has been arranged that this sum be paid annually for twelve years, after which the buildings become the sole ore coe pers
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