'The Land Regulations of 1854 were soon perceived 10 be defective and inadequate in' many respects. Discussions took place between the Council of the Settlement and the Consuls, and also between the British Consul and the British Minister and other foreign ministers at Peking. Asa result of these discussions it was generally agreed that a revision of the Land Regulations was desirable. In March, 1863, the Councit formed a special committee to undertake the revision, but it falled to accomplish its task and a new committee was appointed in 1804, This committee drafted proposed Land Regulations. which were forwarded to the ministers at Peking through the prescribed channels and received the approval of the foreign Powers in 1869. These Regulations had previously been formally approved by the Land Renters at a public meet-Ing held in March 1866.
Records do not seem to show wheth~ er these Regulations of 1869 ever Fecelved the "expressed approval of the Chinese Government. Subsequent events, however, indicated that the Chinese Government at Peking acquiesced in the Regulations, which were enforced and took due effect for a considerable number of years afler approval by the foreign ministers. Sull, they were not satisfac~ tory, and a meeting of ratepayers, in 1878, resolve% to appoint yet another committee to revise the Land Reg lations of 1869, The committee was a in the idea of revision did not commend Mwelf to the meeting of ratepayers and in May, 1875, the matter was dropped.
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