On Wednesday evening, before a well-attended meeting of the Guild, an excellent paper was read by Mrs. C. Garner, on " The Northwest Frontier of India."
Owing to the time limit, Mrs. Garner stated that she would only touch upon a few interesting points, in connection with this frontier, and would deal first with the strip of land from the North of Baluchistan to Chinese Turkes-
If all the meetings of the proprietors. of the China Printing Ca., Ld. be as bar. moniously and expeditiously conducted as was the first ordinary general meeting yesterday (25th January), the future of the frm will not afford any cause for-complaint. Tt was holden in the Chamber of Commerce. There were present Messrs. Willis E. Gray (manager, Canton-Hankow Railway), chait-many. W. Wrightson, merchant; John Ford, consulting engineer; Frank J. Maitland, manager Maitlend and Ca., directors and Harry Smith, Secretary and General-Manager.
The other subscribers are Messrs. B. A. Clarke, and Fitz Roy Lloyd (mercantile assistant}.
The Chairman said this meeting, was called in accordance with the Ordinances of Hongkong, where the registered office of the company is. The business of the company had Blready been begun, and was progressing to this matter, and to ascertain whether your committee will interest, themselves tan, and in the second place with the various provinces of Keshmir, The satisfactorily. At resent there was noth. ing else to report.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.