Year's Work Reviewed at the Annual General Meeting:
Difficulty of Avoiding of the Amherst Rock The Sist annual general meeting: te take the place of the foreign of the Shanghai General Chamber Judiciary system that is now in of Commerce was eld on March 19) force, and the constant friction in the offices of Messrs, Beck &[letween Judges and the Senior Swann, the seerctavies, 17 The Bund, Consul's Deputies merely goes to Mr, ET, Byrne, the Chairman, prove that the Provisional Court is presided, supported by Messrs, V. not all it should bey if our Chinese Lyman (Vice-Chairman), 1, W. friends would only bear in mind the MeMeckin, A. J. S, Parkhill, R well-proved axiom that "they can-J. Paterson, O. G. Steen, and JR] rot run before they can wall Weeks (members of the Committee) but there was only a small attendance of members, In an interesting review of the! year, the Chairman said:—
The report and accounts for the past year have already been culated to you, and they do not call for any special comment. I will ask you to adopt them in due course.
[As you will see from our report, your committee have had many intricate problems to deal with, some of which still remain unsettled.
During the year, we have had much' discussion regarding that danger to navigation, the Amherst Rock. understand that, out of eleven steamers that have struck this rock, ely one has been got off, Unfortunately, the nature of this rock being soft and friable, it is not Fossible to erect a light-house or aeon, and, owing to the rough seas and strong currents, gas-lighted Duoys are also ruled out, as a shift in their position or extinction of the Hight would place ships in a more precarious condition than if, as at present, the rock remains unlighted, At is a curious thing that, until the was lighted, there were nts; since the lighthouse was erected, three vessels Lave run ashore there, With regard to the beam wireless which the Government intends to us to be seen if this 34, and I think it will largely depend on the number of vessels that install direction finders, "However, the installation is w being shipped and will be on the North Saddles Athoush esientiaily a cancer organized for the promotion and improvement of trade, we find extremely dificult to avoid polities, as in China, at the present time, they are very much eu-related. the ease of the dismissal of Judge Loo Lsing-yuan, we thought it wis in view of the' possible trend by some Gove towards the renwoval of toriality, to] circulate a letter various National Chambers of Commerce, anil iUmay interest you if read the Telter, which goes on as follows:—
"in view of the insistent demands ale Oy the Nation from its headquarters the" abrogation of existing. ekeaty Fights, "particularly, that, vt extra the Shanghai Genera ch there would be a much healthier atmosphere all round.
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