The following officers wore clected:—ehairman,- Mr. 8, -W. Wolfe, vice-chairman, Mr. if, Schloten, com: mittee, Messrs. "M. Baumgarten, Bodoni, Dr. 0. Close, C.. Guillemin, W. J. Kelly, D. Mfennie, 1. Hf. Muller, G. Sale and 'D, "Ward-Smith. The constitution of ihe Association, previously submitted to members, was unanimously adopted by the meeting, with minor amendments, Following are some items of in terest of the new building: Area of site: $5,000 square fect; frontage on the Bund, 04 feat; frontage on Jinkee Road, 50 feet; hight from the Bund fo tie top of th tower, 227 fect; height of banking hall, 35 feet; height of main entrance hall, 25 feet; weight of structural steel, 2,400 tons: weight of building, 70,000 tons; number of lifts, 18: automatic control with high= the temperature and humidity automatically controlled; piping required for the plumbing installation, nearly 20 miles; wiring required for. the electrical' installation, over 70-riles: volume of building, $000,000 cubic feet. The associated architects are Messrs. Palmer & Turner and Mr.
Luke, Dao Kwel Kee is the enerat contractor.
The site is a prominent one, occupy'- {nga central position on. the Bund and having frontage on Jinkee and Yuen Ming Yuen Roads. The founda-ton work presented no easy task for the architects, In order to form a basement over the whole sile to house the treasury of the Bank, the excavation work has been done to a. level of 23 feet below ground,
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