Falmouth, lying iun.
On the Dune deck. do gium twenty white-uniformed British naval officers gathered yesterday at 1130 am. for a ceremony in which Admiral Sir Charles Little presented a gleaming silver tray to Capt, R. Pote-Hunt who is retiring after ba: ing served as the Admiralty's Yangize pilot for 37 years.
Engraved on the silver tray were the names of 145 British war vessels which Capt. Pote-Hunt has piloted. many of them several times, and the following inscription "To R. Pote-Hunt, Esq, OBE, as a token of appreciation and goodwill on the occasion of his retirement after over thirty-seven years service as admiralty pilot from the Commander-in-Chief, Rear Admirals, Yangtse Captains and officers of the China Fleet all of whom at some time, and some of item many times, he has piloted up and down the Yangtze River."
Admiral Sir Charles Little, Commander-in-Chief of the British China Fleet, opened his presentation speech by saying: "We want you to accept this small token of appreciation for your many long years of service. It.is merely a token of the high'ésteem Which we and our predecessors feel for you" He continued by saying that it was not inappropriate that the act of presentation should fall to him, for in 1808 as a midshipman in H.M.S. Britannia, he was the first to be piloted by Mr. Pote-Hunt.
The British Consulate-General will be open at 8 am. to-day for the issue of permits to British subjects who desire-to take advantage of the facilities offered for getting their goods from Hongkew and Yangtszepoo. Applicants should bring lists of their goods in duplicate, amongst those who facilitated the flow of vehicles in both directions. The special passes required Gor the trip Were carefully examined by the Japanese on the bridge.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.