Commissioner of Public Works to Acting Secretary. Report No. R.24/97. "Advertising Hoardings - P.W.D. Depots.". Shanghai, January 23, 1924. Source: SMA (SMC), U1-3-582 (1533).  
 
Suggestions have recently been made that the Council should permit the erection of advertising hoardings around certain P.W.D. Depots. Some revenue would be received for the privilege, in addition to the usual advertising fee. In certain cases, the expense of maintaining bamboo fences would also be saved. 

The sites most sought after would, of course, be on main and residential thoroughfares, but I am of opinion that permission should not be granted in such cases. I see little objection, however, to well-designed advertising hoardings on certain depots. 

Memorandum from Acting Secretary to Works Committee, "Advertising Hoardings - P.W.D. Depots". Shanghai, April 26, 1924. Source: SMA (SMC), U1-3-582 (1535). 
 
Works Commissionner's recommendation, for members' consideration. A similar proposal was disapproved vide the attached extract from Works Committee minutes of 27 April 1914. 

Extract fom the Works Committe minutes dated April 27, 1924."Markham Road Stone Yard" Source: SMA (SMC), U1-3-582 (1534).  

Markham Road Stone Yard - The Electrical Engineer recommends that permission be granted to a Chinese to erect an advertisement on the Lightning-arrester House on the bank of Soochow Creek at the Stone Depot, but the Committee adopts the Engineers' view that permanent trade advertisements upon Municipal Buildings are undesirable.