AFFAIRS, 16th December.
The Associated Shipp r's Guild.
Wo mudorstand that the Ciritiese shipping.hongs of this- port have Organised themselves into ay Association, or Guild, and have unanimously elected a well-known and popular: member of their; Arsocintion, Mr. Kin' Gen-sang, head of the Yung Kee Yungtze Shipping Hong on Honan Road, to be President of. their Guild. As an instance of the vast amount-of import trade passing) through: this port it-may be stated that there are-no less than jority odd large shippers' hongs, each doing-a very large amount. of business, and as many again of.the smaller sort which work with less capital, but. have also a large quantity of, cargo parsing through their hands throughout the yarr,. destined: for. all paris of the Empire. The offices of the new Guild are at No. 37 Bubbling Well Roud, next to. the Shanghai. Horse Buzaat, Mr.. Kin Gen-cong, the President. of the Guild, is also " member. of the Chinese Committes-ut the Door of Hope and well-Kuowa for his philanthropy Shanghai 5
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