each other. The western section uch is 7,640 acres in extent, lies to the west of the Settle ment on the south of the So0- chow Creek. The area is roughly ix miles long and varies in jdth from 14 to 34 miles. The Northern area, over 283 acres in extent, lies to the north of the Settlement, to the east of the Shanghai-Woosung Railway line.
is "narrow irregular oblong," at, its widest extends only to half a mile and is about 14 miles long. In this area, as every Shanghailander knows, the majority of the foreign population are Japanese. The foreign population of the External Roads areas is estimated roughly at 10,000 of whom probably about 6,000 are Japanese, about 1,800 British, perhaps 600 Americans, 400 Germans, 450 Russians and 500 Portuguese. These figures are admittedly conjectural but. correspond closely with the available official returns. The growth of this area is, of course, due to the expansion of the Settlement and the congested state of the residential regions within the Municipal boundaries, Town planning and other schemes for urban improvement Jare necessarily handicapped by the lack of a clear demarcation of authority in these areas, or rather by the uncertainty which the controversy over the administration of those areas has evoked. On this point it is relevant to quote the Feetham Report: the considerable vested intereats in these areas, both of private residents an rt Swners, and. of" the Settlement community asa whole, have grown up under a system of administration which, what-every question may be raised as to the adequacy of its, lege basis, has developed, during a Jong course of years, for the most part under pressure of sheer, necessity, and has conferred considerable benefits not only on the Settlement and its population, but also on the coun-fry population both of the areas immediately concerned and of the adjoining districts.
There is, obviously, good reason to support the efforts of the various parties concerned to arrive at an early agreement on
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