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FOREIGN RELATION$.


      Property.                                                       Present
value.
II. Western conmpound:
    1. W all of  inclosure-........................... ...................
 110
    m. Clearing ground and sifting dirt            ..........---------  
       15
    n. Boys' school-house and out-houses .............-1,940

        Total present value of property, exclusive of land- -----.    10,
450
    x. To meet fees of consul and expense of moving, (subject to revision
by
        Dr. Lord).----------------------------------------------------50

        Total indemnity in money.-----------------.---------------------------10,M500
  In addition to the money indemnity, seven mow of suitable land to be given
the
mission on the plain of the city.
                        REMARKS ON THE ABOVE ESTIMATE.
  a. The chapel is a brick building 41 feet by 3ý feet, erected in
1871. The cost of the
materials used in this building, with the Chinese labor employed, was $505.
Since the
erection of this and the other buildings of the mission, the price of building-materials
has, in general, advanced. For bricks, which we bought at $55 per 10, 000,
we are now
asked $62, an advance of 12 per cent. Stone, Which we bought at 40 cents
per 10
Chinese feet, is now 60 cents per 10 Chinese feet, an advance of 50 per cent.
Tiles, for
which we paid $18 per 10, 000, now sell at $21, an advance of 16 per cent.
Plank,
which we bought at $1.05 per T0 Chinese feet, has risen to $1.20 per 10 Chinese
feet,
an advance of 14 per cent. Tirnber, for joists, which we bought at taels
0.032 per
square foot, is now selling at taels 0.045 per s-quare foot, an advance of
14 per cent.
-Other materials are about as when we bought.
   b. This dwelling-house,. built in 1871, is a two-story brick building
with a verandah
extending along the western and southern sides, and a portico over the main
door on
the north. It contains eight rooms of uniform dimensions, viz, 18 feet by
16 feet by
12 feetý, wilh hbills 8 feet wide above and below stairs; attached
to the house is a two-
story brick building, lower than the dwelling, in which are the kitchen,
servants' roomr,
store-room, &c. The materials and:Chinese labor used in constructing
this house cost
$3, 000. It was inspected soon after it was built by Mr. Brown, architect,
of Shanghai,'
who !estimated its value at $5, 000.
   c. This school-house is a one-story brick building, erected in 1870, 69
feet by 32 feet
 in dimensions. It contains 8 rooms of varying sizes and a, hall. Attached
to it is a
 brick building used as a kitchen and dining-room. Of the cost of.the materials
of this
 *building, which was not erected by the present members of the mission,
we have no
 account.
   d. The cost of material and Chinese labor in these improvements was about
$90.
   e. The actual cost of these improvements W.as abouit $100.
   f. The actual cost of wall of inclosure was $500.
   g and h. The money expended in these improvements, was, respectively,
$1?2 and $29.
   i. The money expended on this wall was $15.
   j. The money spent on this revetment was about $,00.
   k. The estimated value of two stone revetments, one 206 feet long and
averaging 7
 feet in height; the other, 30 feet long and 5 feet in height.
   1. The cost of materials and Chinese labor on this wall was $100.
   m. Fifteen dollars was the sum paid for this improvement.
   n. The boys' school-house, erected in 1872, is a two-story brick building,
44 feet in
 length by 30 feet in breadth. Outside of this is a verandah extending along
the east-
 ern and southern sides. The out-houses include a kitchen, wash-house, &c.
The cost
-of materials and Chinese labor on this house was $1,422.
   x. Of this sum $25 was intended to cover the expense of moving to the
new location.
 The balance is submitted to the consul, to increase asihe may judge proper.
   The above estimate of indemnity submitted on behalf of tae Southern Presbyterian
 Mission is, in my opinion, just and equitable.
                                                           M. IH. HOUSTON,
                                          Sowthern Presbyterian Mlission
of America.
   I have examined the above estimate and consider it fair and equitable.
                                                              G. E. MOULE,
                                                 .Engtish: Christian Mission
Society.
  I consider the above a reasonable estimate.
                                                                D. N. LYON,
                                                    American Presbyterian
Mission.
  Since the above was written a statement has been received from Mr. R. C.
Brown,
architect, of Shanghai, giving his opinion of the value of the dwelling-house,
(b,) which
is inclosed herewith. If this opinion is accepted it is easy to see the above
estimate