Illness has played its part in retarding the work, some of the members of the staff having been incapacitated by their transition in the autumn of 1907 from the tropics to the rigorous cold of Shanghai and the more northerly ports. But these difficulties notwithstanding, the close of July finds the last instalment of letterpress and photographs on its way to the printers.
The headquarters of the Company are in Durban, South Africa, but the real centres of activity are, of course, the London office and the branch offices established in the capitals and chief towns of the various territories visited.
The directorate of Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, Ltd. includes some of the best known and most substantial business men and financiers in South Africa. Mr. J. Ellis Brown, J. P., the chairman of the Company, was Mayor of Durban for many years. The deputy-chairman, Sir Benjamin Greenacre, is head of the great Durban firm of Harvey, Greenacre & Co., and deputy-chairman of the Natal Bank, Ltd. The other directors are Mr. Maurice Evans, C.M.G., M.L.A., the Hon. Mr. Marshall Campbell, M.L.C., managing director of the Natal Sugar Estates, Ltd., the largest concern of its kind in South Africa ; and Mr. Alexander Harvey Rennie, resident partner (in Natal) of the " Kennie " Steamship Company. All these gentlemen are also on the directorate of the Natal Trust and Finance Company, Ltd., Sir Benjamin Greenacre being the chairman.
The secretary of Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Co., Ltd., is Mr. Henry Ernest Mattinson, F.I.A.N., and the auditor is Mr. George Mackeurtan. The general manager is Mr. Reginald Lloyd.
THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE "CHINA REVIEW."
THE PREMISES OF THE "HANKOW DAILY NEWS."
THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE "PEKING AND TIENTSIN TIMES."
