Gordon, Shanghai Field Company, to be Captain as from. 22-832 and transferred to Reserve of Officers The Municipal Councit has again Jeonsidered the question of the manner in which two Chinese Land Commissioners should be chosen. At the-annual meeting of ratepayers on April 13, 1982, the {following resolution was passed:—"That in the opinion of this meeting the addition of two Chinese members to the Land Commission is desirable; and that the Council' be hereby authorized and instructed to make representations to the Powers concerned with a view to securing the addition of two Chinese members to the Land Commission."
Further, the meeting expressed the hope that when representations were made to the Powers in connection with this resolution, there should be adopted some method of ensuring that the interests of Chinese ratepayers who are not connected with the ownership of land should be safeguarded, On July 20 a letter was addressed by the Council to the Senior Consul setting out these facts and asking him to transmit to the Diploma Body the resolution of the rate-Payers, coupled with the Council' view that the interests of Chines ratepayers could best be safeguard-fed by a specific provision in the amendment to Land Regulation VIA as to the mode of selection of (Temporary 2nd Lieutenant) J.
March, Shanghai Field Company, to be 2nd Lieutenant dated 30-1-83 and transferred to Reserve of Officers "B."
(Temporary 2nd Lieutenant), BE, R. Stoner, Shanghai Field Company, to be 2nd Lieutenant dated 15-12-32 and transferred to Reserve of Officers "B."
(Temporary 2nd Lieutenant) H.W, Brown, Shanghai Field Com: pany, to be 2nd Lieutenant dated 15-12-92 and transferred to Reserve of Officers "B."
(Temporary 2nd Lieutenant) W. R, Wise, Shanghai Field Com: Pany, to be 2nd Lieutenant, dated 15-12-82 and transferred to Reserve of Officers "B."
(Temporary 2nd Lieutenant)
P. Stander, Shanghai Field Company, to be 2nd Lieutenant dated 15-12-82 and transferred to Reserve of Officers "B."
(Temporary 2nd Lieutenant) R, P. Roberts, Shanghai Field Company, to be 2nd Lieutenant. dated 122-32 and transferred to Headquarters "Maps."
(Temporary "2nd Lieutenant) H. R. Dixon, Shanghai Field Company, to be 2nd Lieutenant dated 15-12-32 and transferred to Reserve of Officers "B." the two Chinese Land—Commissioners, Recently the Mayor of Greater shanghai wrote to the Senior Consul expressing his opinion the suggested manner of _appointment of the new Commissioners.
The Mayor's letter has been conidered by the Council, and it has decided to waive a provision objected to involving the Council's approval fof the Commissioners, but that in order to carry out the intention of the last annual meeting of ratepayers, one Commissioner should be appointed by the Chinese Rat payers' Association and should not be a landowner or a representative of owners of land, and that the other should be appointed by the Chinese Property Owners' Associa-ton, Shanghai Light Horse; (Temporary 2nd Lieutenant) J. L. Crompton, "Shanghai Light Horse, to be 2nd Lieutenant dated 15-12-92 and transferred to Reserve of Oficers "A."
(Temporary 2nd Lieutenant)
Flint, Shanghai Light Horse to be 2nd Lieutenant dated 16-12-22, (Temporary 2nd Lieutenant) J. K. Brand, Shanghai Light Horse, to be 2nd Lieutenant dated 15-12-32, American Machine-Gun ore Company.
(Temporary 2nd Lieutenant) A.V. Marshad Marsh, American Machine Gun Company, to be 2nd Lieutenant dated 15-12-82 and transferred to Medical Oftcer First Sergeant G. M. Babbitt, wie, to be 2nd Lieutenant dated VOLUNTEER CORPS, Armoured Cur Company,
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