An outbreak of fire occurred in the No. 4 Hold while this vessel was loading cargo at Roosevelt Terminal on December 21, 1938 in consequence of which a General Average will be declared.
Before delivery of the Cargo, Consignees or Owners of Cargo will be required io sign a Lloyd's Average Agreement and to deposit 10 per cent. of the value of their Cargo.
Arrangements con be made whereby procedure can be carried out by pipers, who are requested to communicate with the undersigned as soon as possible, so as to facilitate the delivery of Cargo which goes forward in the Vessel, leaving here on December 22, 1938.
Damaged Cargo is being discharged at the Pootung Wharf of the Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Ca. Ltd., and will be surveyed by Messrs. Paulsen Bayes-Davy, Marine and Cargo Surveyors, on a date to be announced later,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.