CixAa is one of the few countries in the world where no attempt has been made to collect and classify in book form the mass of local information that should be xt the elbow of every architect, builder, civil engineer, wud p-r0spective or present house or land owner.
The vernond for Such a work has been increasingly felt for a number, of years, and the Compendium now publi meet that demand.
Shanghai, in. common with maw other Treaty Ports of China, is' under divided control—International, French and Chinese. In the International Settlement: there is a mumber of Consulates at which land may be registered at varying fees and: under numerous regulations.
The Com= peridium classifics these fees and regulations and also contains a mine of information relating to water, and electricity rates, costs of local material and eto, that not only every architect must. possess, but that is necessary to every prospective landlord and howe owner.
The book is divided into four parts, us follows 1.—General Information connected with Land Property and Buildings:
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