Last year I commented upon the decrease in the returns pf our Printing Office. It is therefore a pleasure to be able to tell you, that during the year this department has shown an appreciable increase.
Yo. will notice a larger amount than usual has been transferred to passages, conditiónal bonus and leave reserve and a sum of $30,000 has bee added to exchange fluctuation—-^-"e. This was considered advisable owing te the recent unprecedented decline in the value of the dollar, Sundry creditors show an increase compared with the previous year, and C. L. TAN, Manager
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