Cina is one of the few cou in the world where no attempt has been made to collect and classi book form the mass of local information that should at the elbow of every architect, bui ier, civil engineer, und. res or present house, or land owner.
The demand for such a work has been ingly felt for a number of mpendium now published will meet that demand, Shanghai, in common with many other Treaty Ports of Chi ina, is' under divided control—Intemational, French and Chinese.
Tu the International Settlement there is a number of Consulates at which land may be registered at sing fees and under numerous regulations, The Com peridium classifics these fees and regulation and also contains a mine of information -rolating Mer, gas and electricity rates, costs of local material and labour, ete, that not only every architect must possess, but that: is necessary to every prospective landlord and house owner, The book is divided into four parts, as follows Part
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