In consequence of the increasing need of assistance, your Committee decided to open its Unemployment Fund carlier last year, and an appeal for funds was Inunched in October instead of in November. The response was particularly generous, having regard to all elreumstances, and it is. gratifying that the amount so far raised has equalled the contribution for the previous year. The Unem: ployment Fund Sub-Committee was again entrusted with the administra tion of the Fund and has made gular allocations for the relief of British subjects through the National Your Committee again desire to draw. the attention of members to. the Chamber's Language School. As: has been repeatedly pointed out past Annual General Meetings, the School, though not self-supporting, maintained by the Chamber as a service to the community, because your Committee behoves 'a knowledge of the Chinese language to be essential to the successful conduct of business in China, The School is under the management of a foreign Principal, and there are sufficient Chinese teachers to ensure individual tuition for the students. That the tuition given is of a very high order shown by the certificates gained by students at the examinations held by a member of the Stall of HM. Consulate-General, Unfortunately, in consequence of the Sino-Japanese hostilities, the School had to be closed for the last halt of August and although it reopened for September, the attendances were very small, involving a heavy fall in the fees. From an average attendance of just over 40 students for the first halt of the year, the attendances dropped to. fan average of 24 for the last part. White on this topic T might mention that the School is open to students of any nationality who are able to study. Chinese through the medium of the English language.
The thanks of the Chamber are due to Mr. L. H. Lamb and Mr. A. G. N. Ogden for conducting the Chinese examinations in Shanghai for the Language School, and, to Mr. Allan Archer, Major G. A: Herbert and Mr. R. Trounce Nelson for conducting the examinations in Hankow, Tientsin and Hongkong.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.