Shanghai's Water Consumption Whilst one of our representatives was making inquiries regarding the malodorous business of the Chapei waterworks, he made one of those bright remarks that occasionally escape even the most intelligent people about this time of he year, namely, that he supposed people had been using a great deal more water during the recent extra special heat wave. It was a surprise, however, to learn how much more they have used. In 1904, the Settlement's daily maximum was 7.7 million gallons, and the people very seldom drank or otherwise disposed of og much as that. The maximum daily consumption last year reached 87.7 million, gallons, but already on six occasions this month it has been over 44 million gallons. The company's statisticians have noted, after years of study, that it is the myriads of poorer Chinese who seem to spend ing with fanny headgear for the Chinese constables, then he changed the colour of the Sikhs' turbans, next he put black sui-glasses on} the Chinese and orange ones on the Sikhs. After a long interval, a sort of naval khaki braiding was stitched on to the cuffs of the inspectors and then the: poor man! sorrowed because his work seemed finished, for no conscientious Municipal servant likes it to be thought that he is not honestly earning all the multitude of extras that make life in Kungboo worth living. In a flash of inspiration he stuck'a little square of blue on the puggarees of the topees of the foreign policemen, so that one would be quite sure they were policemen. Then again the world seemed hopeless, for the last improvement had been made. Fortunately, Sepajou took to wearing shorts and all the bucks of Shanghai followed suit, which gave the pensive 0. C. Millinery (Police) his cue. Hastily the official tailor designed a pair of shorts, Khaki (Sub-Inspectors and higher ranks for the use of). The issue was not made compulsory, but a notification has been circulated
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