or whatever other difficulties may be sent to harass the soul of the Consul in Shanghai, Tam sure you will deal with your problems as eMiciently fs you have in the past, and the Secretary, Mr: Long, will record your @ecisions in his archives for the enlightenment and admiration of future generations of Consular representa tives.
Mr, Long Thanke And that reminds me that I want to take this opportunity to offer a word of personal thanks to Mr, Long, whose extended experience of Consular Body matters has been of great assistance to me both as Senior Consul and as President of the Court Consuls, I hope for your sakes that he will tong continue to serve you in his present capacity.
And now, my dear colleagues, it only remains for me to express my profound gratitude for this beautiful silver tray which you have presented fo me as a parting gift, My wife and T will always use it and treasure It in memory of our tong and pleasant association with the Consular Body of Shanghai, Thank you all very much indeed,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.