The Cadastral Office of French Concession in Shanghai and French Cadastre (1917-1943)

This paper explores the origin,development,and reorganization of the cadastral office of French Concession in Shanghai (1849-1943),and exams the link between the cadastral office of French Concession and that of France.Some conclusions arrived as follows:the cadastral office of French Concession was built in 1917,and the disputes between the cadastral measure and private property measure were resolved.