Now, let us come to another point—your facilities for shipping. Your people do not seem to me fully to realize that their entire existence depends upon the shipping which visits this port. You have a little ditch running through you which can accommodate a certain amount of shipping and ro more. At the present moment there is a slump in trade, I believe, but, as far as I can see, there 18 seldom a berth either alongside or at the buoys in your Huangpu which is not fully occupied. When trade once more gets back tv its normal condition the congestion in your little Huangpu is going to be tremendous and you have got to do something about it.
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