;—May 1 be permitted through the medium of your columns to cause inquiry as to what 1s actually hapening at Chapoo.
1, like many others, gaw an oppor-to purchase a piece of ground on the hilly Tandseape of Chapoo, with a view of building a bungalow.
One year later, the following article was published in the local Chinese Press, (translated as follows:
Notice Tssur uy mie Punic Owne Lawo Orrice oP Hancenow & IctnNe the matter of Commencement of Astossment of the price of hilly Jand {m the Landseape Area. at Chapoo, hi now been remeasured, and that it was edded at the No, 003 Meeting of the Provinelat Government that Should be subscribed by the fceupler by payment of 40 per cent, ofthe market value of the and "rhe. grades of land, market. value, the time limit" of subscription and place of payment are shown as fol (1) Market Value per Mow:
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