In the latter halt of the year, a £30000 order was placed for rally way equipment, and negotiations, were opened for railway material for the Burma-Yunnan Railway, Since the Commission began operations in 1091, its purchases in Britain have totalled £9,260,723, odministr: ive expenses amounting to £48, 18s. 84. per £100. These exper were covered nearly four times by investment profits.
At the close of the year, a total sum of £788,963 stood to the credit of the Commission's current account of fixed deposits, The Commission has been instrumental during the past year placing 43° Chinese students with British engineering and shipbuilding firms for practical training—Reuter.
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