Meeting of the Trustees at Shanghai The eighth general meeting of the Board of Trustees for the adriniatration of the Boxer indemnity funds remitted by the British ernment was held at the Bankers Club," Shanghai, en March 2 Mr. "Chu Chia-hwa, the chairman, 1d, and the members prevent 2 R, Caldee-Marahall, T. K. Chen, Soong Teo-tang, Chen Donald,' 1i Shu-hwa, and Tseng Yang-fu, Mr. Han Lih-wu,. director. of the office of the Board also attended. It was reported that a. contract had been signed for 'a grant. of doferved payment to. the araount of £360,000 to the Kinochow-Tsinan Railway, The resolutions passed by the meeting included the following:
That the matter of the guar Jantee made by the Ministry Finance of interest payment on the proposed loan of $123,200. in materials to the projected National Machine Works and the proposed loan of £250,000 to the projected Ammonium Sulphate Manufactory ibe referred to the Finance Sub-Committee for consideration. (2) That, the resignation of Sir W. Hornell be forwarded to the Executive Yuan. for decision.
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