The annual meeting of the Padang Rubber Ca., Ltd., was held on July} 25 at the office of the secretaries, Messrs. A. R. Burkill & Sons. Mr.
A. W. Burkill, the chairman, pre—d, and he was supported by Messrs. E. T. Bryne and Chun Ping-him (directors) and E. A. Prince (secretary). There was an attendance representing 61,200 shares.
The Chairman said:—
Gentlemen:—The report and acjgounts having been in your hands for some time I will, with your permission, follow the usual course ind ask you to take them as read.
Since the last report, the area of the estate shows a reduction of 'TE acres—53 acres in the planted area and 6 acres in the jungle reserve. An external survey was carried out by the Government in 1926, the result of which came to hand in May, 1927. This survey gives a total for the company's property of 9502 acres as against 962 acres. The previous survey. was made in 1896 and the diffe~ ence -betweda the results of the
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