Shanghai, Mar. 29.
nual' general meeting of the Dominion Rubber Ca, It esterday at 20 Canton Road. Mr. Mellor, chairman, presided, supported by Messrs E, E, Parsons and H. Martin Little. "Shares present and. ro-presented totalled 42.072 The chairman in his speech said:
You will have observed from the Report that the area of Hendra Estate increased by 101% acres, and T will Preface my remarks by giving you
about. short explanation of how this came Your Directors, being anxious to avail themselves of the opportunity offered by the Rubber Regulation Authorities to increase the planter rea by the 5 per cent, permitted and having no land available for the pur~ ese. applied to the Government for 2 piece of jungle land of 102" acres adjoining Hendra. This ap; was granted, at a price of $50 per acre, and also. permission given to occupy the land before registration of title, which enabled the Manager to commence felling in December. The generat lie of the new land resembles the field of Hendra which 1 adjoins, and the Manager is of the opinion that ft should in time produce a first class growth of rubber,
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