Shanghai Municipal Council, consisting of Messrs. Yulin Hsi, R. G. MacDonald and W. H. Plant, appointed' to consider the attitude of the Council towards certain proposals made by the City Goyernment regarding the use of opium in the Settlement, has adjourned until after the summer recess. In the meantime, the Sub-Committee—of which. Mr. MacDonald has been appointed Chairman—will call for further information from the Police Force regarding prosecutions for opium smoking in the Settlement, etc.
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