To the Sub-Committees who have given valuable time to public work during the year your sincere thanks are due. There is reason for satisfaction with the work of the Munici pal Staff. The demands upon individuals which have been made by the gaps, still larger than before, created by War Service, have been met ungrudgingly in all the Muni pal Offices. It must be remembered that the work does not diminish on the contrary it grows very rapidly, and those who are left behind in Shanghai will be called upon ¢o make increasing efforts, After these preliminary remarks, Ladies and Gentlemen, I leave the Report and Accounts for 1915 in your bands.
Mr. Wuite-Coorsr—Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have much pleasure in seconding this resolution.
The CHAtRMAN—Does any one wish to speak on this Resolution? Those in favour please hold up their hands. And those against. The resolution is carried.
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