(Continued from Page 39.) value of buildings erected in the 10 years ending 1925 is estimated at Tis, 1094 million, and the cost of public works, exclusive of land purchases, approximately is, 124 million, The length of roads under the control of the Council is 170.981 miles, and of alleyways 54,22 miles, The amount expended in acquiring land and in road construction during the year was:—Land_ for widenings, Tis, 796,207.78; land for new roads and extensions, Tls. 104, 575.68; construction work, Tls. 188, total, Tis, 1,089,282 21, The Orchestra Of the Municipal Orchestra and Band, the Conductor reports:—~ "When the Orchestra and Band might have had, during the "sum: mer, an opportunity of making up for the concerts lost during the symphony season 'a greater number of open-air orchestral concerts, its chances were very muck: handicapped by the fact that the 10 or 12 British military bands, which at that time were in Shanghai, were giving daily performances in parks and theatres, ete, and in those days everybody's heart beat, and with just reason indeed, much faster for the gay brass-band tunes from home (military), than for the excerpts of classical repertoire. Ag, already mentioned, many military bands were playing from May to October, in clubs, theatres, restaurants, cinemas and parks, and the public were literally over-flooded with music. The S, V. C, Military Band, organized in 1923, under the musical and military command of the Assistant Conductor, Mr. de Kryger, has continued to give satisfaction."
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