Having regard to the above considerations, the Public Utilities Committee has recommended to the Council and the Council has approved, the grant of permission to the Shanghai Power Company, effective from. August 1, 1938, to obtain the neces—sary relief by means of a temporary surcharge on its tariffs based on the formula proposed by the Treasurer and Controller.
The Council agreed that similar and proportionate increases in the rates and. rentals of the Western Distric Power Company Be also effective from August 1, 1938.
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