With a canny eye on population figures, the Municipal Council acted in 1931 to. acquire the 45. 269 mow comprising the new park at a cost of Tls. 701,662.72, and since then Mr.
Kerr has been busied with plans for its development.
Poyang Park, in the meanwhile, is merely municipal property lying between Poyang Road and Haichow Road, which is being raised. With faith' unbounded in its possibilities, the Park department is looking years ahead to be ready for recreation seckers in the Yangtsepoo district.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.