"In taking over the legacy—the Land Bureau—trom my predecessor, will spare no efforts in instituting. reforms wherever needed. Amongst them, for example, will be the attempt to secure the adoption of uniform surveying practices in the three municipalities. Hitherto, maps Jond plang prepared by each' munileipality often do not agree with those jof the other. Every effort will be Jmade in the future to seek the cooperation of the other two muni-Jcipalities to effect the much needed reforms.
"In studying this whole issue of! ithe land business, one cannot help touching the question of the relation-Iship between landlord and. tenant. The question is of particular interest Jand importance in these days of general agitation for rent reduction Among the tenants. Although the problem is not within the domain of the Land Bureau but belongs instead to the Bureau of Social Affairs, 1 would like to point out, in my capa Jcity as Commissioner of Finance, in so far as the relationship of landlord Jand tenant affects indirectly the re-[venue of the City Government as well Jas that of the two Settlements, that Janother complicated situation' now Jexists in Shanghai which should be Jearefully looked into by all the Jmunicipal authorities as well og the whole public. Let the three muni-Jcipalities invite prominent and pub-tie-spirited citizens of the community 19 form a civic committee to examine the whole relationship between landlord and tenant and the laws between the two parties from every angle,
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