The Archive · 1939

Overhead Increased

Owing to exchange adjustments in salaries, increased staff, both foreign fand Chinese, attending to the sales of our new' units, and the general expansion of our Jute, worsted and dye works, the general office ove head increased considerably of recent years, and the old office allowance was insuflelent to cover the expentiture. In the event of any material movement in exchange or any. re due lion of staff this matter will again be reviewed and adjusted by the consulting committ The re-election and fee adjustment of the auditors requires your up: proval. The consulting committee re commends fixing the fee at $8,600 in Fespect of the current year and inetease the fee by $807 in respect of the latter half of last, year makin, a total of $7,890 for 1938.

Expresses Apprecatlon of Police would like to put on record on: appreciation of the ce-operation (Continued ox page 206)

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