Mr. Douglas Jones seconded. In doing so he said he could not help expressing very sincere regret that they were losing Mr. Campbell as Chairman, and Mr. Talbot as Honorary Secretary. He wes sure the work they had both done, and the great interest they had shown all the way through in the affairs of the Association, were worthy of their very hearty thanks. (Applause.) He had been going say that he was in hopes that perhaps they might have been induced to resume their services, but apparently that was not to be, and therefore he, Mr. Jones, begged. to second the nomination of the gentlemen mentioned.
The resolution for the election of the Committee was then put and carried.
The Chairman—That, gentlemen, concludes the business of the meeting.
Mr. Dudgeon—I do not think it would right for the meeting to pass without emphasising the remarks made by Mr. Jones as to the loss we are sustaining in Mr. Campbell and Mr. Talbot, and I think that a special vote of thanks ought to be accorded by this meeting for the services they have rendered to this' Association. I have been a member of this Committee since the Branch started, and I am qualified to speak of the immense amount of work Mr. Campbell and Mr. Talbot have done on the Committee, and what they have done in bringing this Committee to the position of pre-eminence which it occupies. At the same time I also wish to propose a very hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Campbell for the able speech he has delivered to us this evening, and Ihave no doubt that. the proposition Thave made will meet with your hearty approval. (Applanse.)
Mr. Skottowe—I have great pleasure in seconding that.
The Chairman—I will leave Mr. Talbot to speak for himself, but for myself I may say that I am very. much obliged to you for the way in which you have received the remarks made by Mr. Dudgeon, and I can only say that during the time T have been Chairman of the China Association, or on the Committee, I have always done what I thought was best calculated to further the interests of the Association, and if I have succeeded in doing that in a mauner to meet with your approval, then my reward is quite complete. Thank you, Mr. Talbot—I have very few words to say. I thank Mr. Dudgeon for his very complimentary remarks and also the Chairman for the kind way in which he has spoken, and also Mr. Jones. I have been at the work for four-and-a-half years, and I can assure you it has not Been play, but very hard work indeed. T hope the latest results will be as beneficial as we have tried to make them, Thank you very much for your kind remarks.
The proceedings then terminated.
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