There was not much business of interest at the meeting of the Sanitary Board held on the 14th inst. The superintendent addressed a letter to the Board to correct an erroneous impression which had been created by some remarks in a local p"per about the quality of the lymph supplied from the Vaccine Institute, which he declared to be excellent and thoroughly effective. The Health Officer reported a ease of small-pox, in which the patient (an officer of a steamer) was well enough to walk to the hospital. The Board passed a resolution that it was highly undesirable that patients should be allowed to go through the streets in that manner and that a letter be addressed to the Colonial Secretary asking who was responsible for the circumstance. The agent of the Pacific Mail S.S. Ca. wrote asking leave to set up 8 fumigating apparatus for fumigating the baggage of passengers arriving from San Francisco, and describing the plant. The Board agreed to allow this very useful measure to be introduced, THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAT BANK, Again the great banking institution of the Far East will have " splendid report to issue to the shareholders. Subject to audit the directors propose to declare a dividend of £1 5s. per share, to p'ace five lacs to reserve, raising it to $6,500,000, and to carry forward about $300,000. At this rate of increase, if the run of prosperity continues unabated, the reserve fund will in a very few years equal the capital.
DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK AND COMPANY, At an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders in Dakin, Cruickshank & Ao. held on the 11th inst., the resolutions for winding up the company passed at the previous meeting were confirmed. thera was a little storm in a tea-cup caused by the: Chairman protesting against the vote of $500 as remuneration to the liquidator on the ground that he would have very little to do as it was intended to transfer the business to another company. His objections were, however, overruled, and the resolution passed at Jast meeting appointing Mr. Maitland liquidator with a remuneration of $500 was confirmed.
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