The heartiest congratulations and best wishes for a successful "year of office go to the new President, Mr, Ranald G, MeDonald and the new Vice-President of St. Andrew's Society, Mr, B. D.-F. Beith, Scots. men of course are fully convinced of the wisdom of the choice thus made. On general grounds, however, it is. fitting that the rest of the Community should be represented in according a tribute to Waterworks Company will ensue. The excellence of Shanghai's position in the matter of water-supply is so well recognised that it hardly requires emphasis at this stage. The problem of washing Shanghai and quenching its thirst is in fact splendidly tackled. If only the same ease of solution could be applied to the trafic problem Shang-would be in danger of approach-a state of perfect bliss.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.