May For the third successive week the west-central area of the Settlement continues to be the most active soction, The largest permit for new Building is for seventeen foreign shops and eighteen foreign dwellings at the corner of Burkill and Chengtu Roads, Another group of nine Chinese dwellings in the western section will be built on the corner of Sey mour and Wuting, Roads.
The balance of the new building in the Eastern district. Only one can be classed as industrial. Tt is for two temporary storage sheds on the corner of Paoiing and Wayside Roa One other new building in the Ea: fern district 1s on Muirhead Road at Seward Road, and is for a foreign residence.
Another group of four Chinese shops and two Chinese dwellings wil be built on the corner Jot Paoting and Kwenming Road, fand four" more Chinese dwells Ings off Yenshan Road, be tween—Chemulpo and Taitsihar Roads, and the largest in the group will be for five Chinese shops and eight Chinese dwellings. on. Yochow Road, just Fast of Chusan Toad.
Tu 'Pootung a large weaving and printing mill is being built Just east ff the Shanghai Dock and Bnginecring Works. 'This. mill will cover a large tract of land and the total investment will run into many salle Vion dollars. 'The work' is" well under way at the present time, and should be a great asset to the other side of the river, which up to the present time has' been very slow to
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