To the Baitor of the Nomru-Cuana Day News"
Sin—It is diMeult to see how the Shanghai Municipal ~Counell "will relieve the congestion at the public Jelties on the Bund by the imposition of exorbitant landing charges. The same number of tugs and lighters will arrive daily from the Yangtsze Delta ports with vegetables and other foodstuffs, but no additional facilities are to be provided, Presumably, these excessively high charges will send the cost of vegetable produce soaring, making 4 still more dificult for the Chinese popula tion of the Settlement.
It ig interesting to note that such an eminent authority og the Harbour Master dissociates himself from the Proposal to infilet these charges on {the general population.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.