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in 1843, the date of the establishment of this Colony. In both settlements, the European population, about two

. Thousand (2000), mostly English, and the Chinese population of about hundred and fifty thousand (150,000)

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nearly the same. But Shanghai is

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governed by a Municipal Council

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freely elected by the European taxpayes, which excroises the powers usually. belonging to Municipalities England, i.e. the management of the local Police, and the construction of the local Yublic Works of all Kinds. The

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Foreign

Foreign Office simply requires that the Regulations and Bye-Laws framed by the Municipal Council shall be approved by the British Minister at Peking, as Colonial Ordinances are approved by the Governor, but it (the

Foreign Office) interposes in no

with the free action of the

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other

Municipality. Some of the English merchants resident at Hongkong have also houses, at Shanghai, and

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occasionally reside there. fond of contrasting the better results of local and Municipal Government

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