the Editor of the "NontH-CutNa DAY New:
Sin,—If_ the preseat negotiation Between China and the Foreign Powers conducted in, Nanking for the abolition of extrality in Shanghai would come to pass at the and of this month, as Dr. Wang confidently hopes, and would lead to the decline of land values here and} the high rentals, there wilt not be} few who would breathe a sigh Toilet and forget the loss of their'
The present wild speculation in ex! estate helps t6 fill the pockets: Of & few manipulators in town. The Insclence of the rapacious landlords has grown tremendously la recent months, We seo their callousness Penctised almost daily upon their
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