and the Chinese living in the settlement numbered. 168, the census taken last gives. the figures as 36471" and. 971,397 respectively, excluding the French Settlement and Chinese districts "Another indication of the growth of the Settlement may be gathered from the Council's Ordinary Revenue. In 1889 it was about Tls. 418,000 and the present year will show well over is. 14,000,000.
"In 1893 the Council acquired the business of the New Shanghai Electric Ca. from which concern the resent Power Company was reared.
The Electricity Department was. lurider the control of the Engineer Surveyors office and it is call the fact that lark included stocktaking at ant. Works. for delivering mails In the harbour.
combined salaries amounted Shout is. 3000 per" annum. The Poatmaster was Mrs A. Romer, who,
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hae herd wis neving "luke 'Chinese Post Ofice was not then established, bot a. skeleton service was. in. operation between Shanghai and' some of the other foaly" ports. "by" the Customs Service, °°the total number of articles, passed. through the: Local Post Oftee in the year 1880 was S217, including. letters. paper parcels ete. The Munieipat Gounel Batertook the delivery of all letters ally and made Up ails daily for the treaty ports. A sum of Ts. 800, per annum was paid. for the upkeep of agencies st Foochow and Sbatow. Hankow had. ite own Lzcal Post Ofice, while the Customs Postal" Departments delivered the malls, under a yeeiproeal arrange ight" at most of the other ports.
The local shipping companies carried the mails to. and from the treaty. ports free of charge. For 4 subscription of is, 60 per annum 1 ems and others sere entitled. to fend through the post to. Shanghai the outports an unlimited mum "er of letters, maners.and parcels here. was no" duty on parcels Nonesubscribers could make use 5 facies offered by using' postage lamps which were ieeued bythe. Gounell in several denominations Stalls from abroad were. delivered locally by arrangement. with some ff. the Consular' Postal "Agencies, "Phe Biitish: Government. conducted its" own post ofice with Mr. Fs G Machado "as Postmaster UMtbe castoms" star' gradanlly sivolved fairy. satisfactory postal aystem which formed the basis ike present Chinese Pott Office. he. year 1607" the Council" re-"Mnquished the post ofice. and. turn: "edsthe worl over to. the Imperial oGhinese PLO. At that time Twas offered a "position Under the. Chic 9 Benes but. ducted: to strait Jo the rgepvice:.ofv the "Municipal. Council: (One regents, that-ab: the parsing of requires the permanent services of a large highly qualified star of ofeials to deal with this branch of the work Alone-another indication of the te-markable growth of the Settlement.
"ity commection with the Revenue Office dates back to March 14, 1899, hen 1 received my appointment at Assistant Overseer of Taxes. ihe death of the Overseer of Taxes, Mr. 'A: Fobnaford in 1009, {assumed charge of the department and. Te-cived my appointment as. Com oper of evenoe in Pebraary 120, have had the? opportunity.
"Dur fast 42. years—I
witnessing' a wonderful transformation in the Settlement. In 1889 any buildings over two storeys were very highest building on the not in the whole settlement, was that occupied by Messrs. Rus" fell & Ca. and sed by the P. & 0, Bank and other Ofices. The sual type of foreign building was of the old two storeyed brick construction) With "otices and. godowns on the round floor and quarters for the Ria above. Some. of the larger hones" such as Jardine, Matheson ston & Ca. the wand. the P. & 0.
Ca. had" junior and. senior "As far as I know the lat of these institutions to disappear were the Bg0, ani Chartered Bank messes, which by the way were noted for their hospitality "The Chinese houses, with few ex: ceptions were of the' old. wooden Houses, In the evens of a Se it Usually expedient to demolish me tervening houses in order to prevent
ty. This expedient gave rise to destruction of adjoining pre the old Fire Brigade motto "Say the Word and down comes your house"
"fore reels were repr at, various points in the Settlement which before the use of ponies were dragged to thevscene of, the. fre. by the volunteers, firemen themselves. A number, of- wells werer-gunk: in
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