Tribute to Sir Everard Fraser at Annual Meeting: The Year's Work Mr. E. C. Pearce presided over a small gathering of members at the annual general meeting of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce at their rooms in Yuen-ming yuen Road, on Tuesday. At the opening the Chairman made reference to the death of Sir Everard Fraser, as follows:
Before proceeding with the busi-neas of the meeting I should like tu place on record the most sincere regret we all feel at the sudden and untimely death of the Senior Consul-General, Sir Everard Fraser, K.c.M.G., which took place in the early hours of this morning. Apart from his endearing qualities as a man and a friend, "lhe has always taken a most active interest in the welfare of the port, more particularly in his position as Senior Consul, and the community as a whole will keenly mourn the great loss which it has suffered through his death. Our deepest sympathies go out to Lady Fraser, his family and relatives.
The Chairman continued The report and accounts for the year ending December 31 last having been in your hands for ome time, I will, with your permission, take them as read. Before moving their adoption, however, 1 will refer briefly to some of the mvre- important matters which have come to the notice of your committee during the past year. The report in itself gives you a very intelligent review of the ditferent matters which have sume under the notice of your committee during the year and leave little for me to add. Your thanks are due to the sub-committees who have sat and devoted a considerable amount of time to the subjects of storage of benzine, regulations concerning the handling of phosphorus and chlorate of potash and the Pilot Board.
Srorace or BENzINE.
Taking them in order regarding the storage of benzine, the position at the moment is that the opinion of the committee of consulting engineers was asked for and their recommendations are as follows (1) That the present limit for the di charge of bulk gasoline, benzine, etc., should not be moved further up the river, and (2) That discharge and storage of yasoline, benzine, ete., should be restricted toa single locality and in the manner they have already described.
The Customs have been addressed, inquiring what steps they intended to take in order to assist the trade. They have replied that no decision has yet been arrived at. At the Tequest of the Asiatic Petroleum Ca. your committee have again addressed the Consular Body, to which we await an answer and can only hope that a satisfactory result will eventually be achieved.
With reference to the regulations for the treatment of chlorate of potash and phosphorus, which are dealt with in the report before you, it is stated that the proposed amended regulations will be published. A hitch, however, in the negotiations has occurred and further relaxation of the restrictions have been asked for by the Consular Body, which will necessitate a further meeting of this subcommittee.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.