To the Editor of the Nowri-Dama Dany News"
Sm—In a recent issue you mone Wioned That the City of Leicester in England embraces an area of 15970 acres and has a population of 159.413, Tt is interesting to compare these Agures with those for the Interna: tional Settlement of Shanghai, viz:—ity of Internationa] Leicester Settlement Area in acres "16970. 5.504 Population "259.413 727301. (1900)
Population per acre Population per mow 25 2 In other words, in this Model Settle-men: the people are crowded toigethe> nine times more closely than the case in a typical English town! No wonder we have thirty people living in a Chinese hong designed accommodate a single family.
High land values—high rentals—congestion—slums! The last men-Uoned are inevitable where the Dur-chasing power of the individual is)
terribly small compared with the value of.the land space required to give him and his family decent shelter.
Also, if it is remembered that the avenients here are probably half the width of those provided in the aver for the pedestrian to walla in comfort, especisily down town.
Tt will do no harm to keep a few of these facts in mind—it may lead to improvements!
Shanghai, May 3.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.