It will be noticed from the following oficial declaration of the local Chinese authority in 1868 that though the limitations placed the use of the land are somewhat differently expressed in "different Paragraphs, the main aim of Ying, I intendant, was to mak gute that the property would never Pose of securing a profit. A copy, individuals for the pure of the certificate granted on June 19, 1868, follows of Ssu-Sung Tai eye, hereby issues]
The Tostal has received a despatch from CAs Winchester, Eeqy Contal, forwarding from the Committee he Nath of the the North of Shanghai that recently
bridge, had. been Bank of the Hot 80. tow, 4 fen, 7
A New Suggestion The most central site for such purpose is to be found in the Publi that a comparatively small portion Gardens and in Ging. segestd the land there cetid very well be set aside for the purpose of erecting!
Town, Hall large enough to meet the needs of the community, and at the same time to be of sufficient a1 chitectural beauty to form a further addition to' the. selection of very fine buildings which are already situated on the Bund. Situated as such a hall would be midway, be-! [tween the Central and Western Districts on the one hand, and the Northern and Eastern Districts, on the other, reached by a main Li of traffic, and with the whole of the Bund" parking space fo motor cars it is doubtful whether more, admirably adapted site ould be found anywhere in Shang-ai This not the first time that it] has been suggested that a portion of the Public Gardens should be so} sed, for though the writer has been unable to trace the authority for the statement, it has been placed jon record by & man well versed in, the history of the. International Settlement that it was at one time [proposed that "the Cathedral should Stand on part of the land now called the Public Gardens," when it was believed that such an erection would \dd considerably to the beauties of the Bund. Why the proposal was and having been Talsed_at the ex:
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in. by the "erection of "the "erection of lineas or dwelling hoses, RSy "so mach differs from land rented tu. the "ordinary "manner. and. therefore "requests, that" the annual ground rent may be remitted pro Sionaliy, ard''s' certificate: to" th The Rule heretofore followed when Foreign Merchants. rent. land" for b nas, been Be"contributed tswarde, the quota of ground rent bby a Foreign Com belongs to the, authorities of China, fon'it, and no bu profit, the annual ground rent is conditionally remitted, And the condition is this, that no] Rorcign Merchant shall 3 ition the land wil be confiscated, this- certificate cancelled, and such other legal steps taken as
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