CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING, 'The adjourned annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held on Friday. Present F. B. Johnson, Esq., Chairman Messrs. R. I. Fearon, F. H. Boll, D. Reid, A. A. Hayes, M.S. Gubbay, F. B, Forbes, EH, Iveson, F. Nissen, and' J. 'f. Brand, Committee; and B, H. Lavers, A. Paterson, P. Maclean, ©. Emile Bade, F, D, Barnes, A, Hennequin, J. A. Maitland, A, Provand, A.J. Little, R. Miller, &e.
The minutes of last, mooting were taken as read, and confirmed.
The Cuarmaran said the Report of the Committee having been for some time in the hands of members, he need not make many observations upon it, There were one or two points however which called for remark. Asa whole the transactions of the Chamber during the past year might be said to have been of a very uneventful character, but there was one question which had occupied the attention of the community more than any other, that relating to the Woosung Bar. As to the general state of the River, very divided opinions were held among the community. Some people said that it was nothing but a tidal creek, and that if by any means the quantity of water coming up from the Yangtsze were diminished, the tendent ey to silt increased, and' the channel went on narrowing and closing. Others held that-there was sufficient-drainage from the interior always to ensure a suflicieney of water in its bed. But that was not the main question. In a port Tike Shanghai, as is the case in all ports under a civilised Government, important
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