The local office of the Union In-Jsurance Society of Canton Ltd., has received a telegram from the head office announcing that at the forthcoming annual general meeting to be held in Hongkong of Friday, May 24, the directors will. recommend the payment of a dividend of £2 per Share for the year ended December 31. 1934.
Tebong Rubber Estate Ltd.
The directors of the Tebong Rubber Estate, Lid, have decided recommend a Anal' dividend of two. dollar cents per share for the year fended January 31, 1935, making five fe ents for the year, A slight increase in cerebrospinal fever was noted, but fortunately this Increase at the present moment does hot, seem to be of importance, 'The principal item of note was the unsurpassed and unexpected response of the Chinese community to the Depariment's free vaccination campaign against smallpox, which is all the more gratifying" naemuch' as this disease was absent, or practically During the month 99,306 persons were vaccinated, no fewer than 25,090 being done in 'a single day, March 16, this day, being the "Birthday of All Flowers," and in accordance with Chinese views the most. propitious day fon the vaccination of infants, These gratifying results were made possible by the assistance of voluntary workers, both foreign, and Chinese, whose civic spirit an appeal had been made in anticipation of a heavy day. All anticipated figures and previous records were eclipsed, and the Agures obtained are evidence of the continued interest on the part of the public in vaccination, 'A. few historical {acls may, therefore, be of interest, Inthe early days of the Settlement the Health Officer had to do a good deal. of loner work in order to popularize vaccination in Shanghai. Free vaceluation was first provided by "the Couneit in 1870, and in the same year the Taotai issued a proclamation prohibiting the use of the old-fashioned inoculation methods. In 1694 the [Council authorized the opening of the first vaccination stations which had the active support of the local [Chinese authorities. absence of compulsory measures, progress by education and persuasive measures wes slow, and during 1910 only 4,600 persons' were vaccinated by the' Department, though the vaccination. stations had been increased four-fold.. These figures contrast. markedly with the present yearly total, which averages 2 quarter of a million.
Since 1910 approximately 1,435,000 free vaccinations have been perform-fed by the Department and, calculate Ing the quantities of smallpox vaccine a gratis to hospitals and various Philanthropic bodies, the total number of persons protected against smallpox. must exceed two and a half millions, However encouraging the above results may appear, it should be membered that the enormous tranetent population in Shanghai will always provide a reservoir of potential infection, "thereby necessitating unremitting activity in vaccination work.
Senawang Rubber Estates At a meeting of the Board Dir-actors of the Senawang Rubber Estates, Ca, (1921) Ltd, on Thursday it was decided to recommend to shareholders at the forthcoming "annual general meeting, called for May 7 that a dividend of two dollar cents per share [be paid, on the ordinary share capital of the company.
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