The highest record for building activity {nm Shanghai was reached last year, when ing permits indicated an expenditure of Fifty Million Taek. In 1929, the next highest year, the total reached wax Taels 27,000,000. During last your, permit were issued for the following diverse types of bulldings:—Chinese houses and shops 6,818 Foreign residences 397 Hotels and apartment buildings Office buildings Foreign stores 208 Schools and theatres 12 Godowns a Mills and factories a Hospital Other structures 1,005,
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