The Committee, in presenting the following Report, desires to add this foreword. Alter the meeting at which it was elected © number of members resigned owing to lack of time to attend the meetings and other reasons, leaving Commitice of six who have gone cereally into all the points pat before It is not presumed that the Report now issued is completely exbauet bat the Committee is confident that has at least presented the elements of workable scheme, Daring the course of the compilation of the Report it has been submitted to a number of gentlemen in Shanghai interested in Gnance and robber, who been unwilling to formally join or their names to the Committee, the Report their carefal attention and have made valuable snggestions, Therefore, though the Committee is small in number, it has had the advantage of the ripe experience of pomber of inflaes men.
It is quite possible that men in sympathy with the work may fied room for honest criti and the Committee would be exceedingly glad to hear from och, with any suggestions they may bay make. It is impossible to deal with every detail in a Report each that now issued. A great many things been purposely left by the Com-to be incorporated io the Articles of Arsrciation of the new Company ized. forth ithout their i Misinag farther without their active ce-operation.
Tt now looks to them to take such steps as they may doom necessary for bringing of its proposals to matarity.
To the event of the scheme receiving cient rapport to warrant the forma-the Committee would be agreeable a of the propcaed limited com
arrange for the appointment of a Trustee or Trastees pending the election of Board of Directors.
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