The "North-China Herald" of March 24, 1886, said that the gran-dour of ihe building "Atty typifies the extended interest that Germany ig now taking in the polities of the For Ens. The fine sulla of Toms along the river front of the new! building, the spacious halls, and the comfortable smoking room, were crowded with the official and social rank of Shanghai. and the genial host and hostess, Dr, and Mrs. Lihrsen, many years the building housed the offices of the Bank of China, which erecting the newest skyscraper on The Bund.
As the decision to raze the old German 'Consular building "was only arrived ata few months ago, no plans have yet been drawn up with' regard to the new building which'
rise in the same place. It will. however, be a modern structure and will probably be completed within. two years' time at the very most.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.