The Chairman informed the Council at the meeting on February 7 that the Preparatory "Committee of the Chinese Art Exhibition, London, had decided to hold a preliminary exhibition of objects of art in March the building on the Bund vacated by the Bank of China and had asked the Council for special protection The Council approved that the Committee be informed that general pro tection would be afforded without charge on the understanding that the police would not be responsible in any way as actual caretakers of the art Tt was also proposed to inform the Committee that it would be necessary to conform to the requirements of the Public Works Department and the Fire Brigade. The Council approved this course.
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