Building permits issued in the International Settlement during the first ten months of the current year were valued at $9,954,840 compared with $10,007,800 in the' corresponding period in 1935, The total. value of permits awarded in the French Concession during the first ten months of 1936 amounted to $1,743,515, a drop from last year's $3,022,220, Building activity by the City Government was Well below that of the previous year, totalling $0,184,490 for the January—October period, while the value of permits for the corresponding peried was, $12,200,480, 'There' was a substantial expansion {in electric power production the total for the three municipalities sdvanc~ ing from 82,860,880 K.W.H, in Septomber to 90,807,134. Available Indus trial reports indicate the sustained operation of the cotton mills.
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