With you, Sir, I do not believe, except in the minds of a very few, there is that antagonism or-hatred for us, which is being made so prominent at the present time, and] which has to be kept alive by agitation, outside influences and foreign money. The long-delayed note to] Ruspia presented last Thursday will be welcome news to those trading out here, who know only too well by experience and first hand information, the poisonous propaganda which has' been instilled in the minds of] the Chinese, 'Those of us on leave} Inst year, know well enough how the same forces endeavoured to wreck the Old Country. I think it was 'Mr. Baldwin, who said at the end of} the General' Strike last year, that it was the good sense of the British people which saw the country through that trouble. T believe that in due' time the good sense of the Chinese people will prevail and see] them through theirs, when they will realize that Great Britain in animate ed by no other than the friendliest ings in their desire to sce a united country, with a Government working in the best interest of its people. I am sanguine enough to believe it will not be long before this friendly feeling will be reciprocated and an appreciation of British fair; play and straight-forwardness be manifested. I believe also that as) jan outcome of all the trials and tri-Dulations which Britons have had to suffer British prestige will stand higher than ever, and that British trade and this Bank which largely represents British interests, will flourish more than ever before. With these remarks, I beg to second the resolution which has been proposed by the Chairman, There being no questions, the Chairman put the resolution to the meeting and it was unanimously adopted.
The Hon. Mr. A. 0. Long, Mr. W._ 'i, Boll and Mr. H. P. White were re-elected directors on the proposition of Sir Henry Pollock, seconded by Mr. Leung Yan-po.
Mr. R. M, Dyer proposed and Mr. F. B. Marsh seconded that Mr. C. Bernard Brown and Mr. John Fleming be re-elected auditors for the mented upon the apparently high figure at which the unsold stocks at the end of the year had been valued, and I am now pleased to be able to tell you that, on realization, the rubber stocks showed a surplus lof Guilders £0,056 over and abet Ino less than' 240,458 Ib. pared with last year. increase in output, which *will eon tinue during 1927, has tated fan increase to the drying modation earlier than was anticipated and, pending the completion the figure at which they were. value: of the hydro-electric plant, work on} ind the hemp stocks showed A which is being pushed forward us surplus of Guilders 25,5
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