Headquarters and Drilt Hall.—The "proceedings" of a meeting of a Board lof Officers are submitted, in which attention is drawn to the inadequate accommodation provided under present conditions, having in view the increase in the membership of the Corps which has taken place daring the past few years.
A proposal to submit the matter to the Ratepayers is considered, but the view ix unanimous that during the current year the scheme is impracticable for financial reasons, the approximate expenditare involved being Tls. 200,000, about half of which will be required for land purchase, It is suggested, that as a means of keeping the scheme in view, a part appropriation be inserted in the Budget, by which means the officers' wishes would, to some extent, be me, but after further discasion it is regarded as preferable that even such tentative treatment of the scheme stand over until next year.
Proceedings of a Board of Oficers which a-sembled at Shanghai on Tuesday. January 7, 1908; to report on the requirements of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps regarding a Drilt Hall and Head~ quarters.
President.—Lient.-Colonel Watson, Commandant, 8. V. C.
Members,—Major T. E. Troeman, Commanding Tofantey Battalion. "A" Company. boar L. J. Cubitt, in H. W. ier, Commanding
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