27 [Meeting of Directors held at the Hotel St. George, Liverpool, June 15th 1914] Present All the Directors except Mr. Coffey who wrote regretting his inability to be present at that meeting and at the Annual Meeting owing to the critical illness of his brother. The Auditors attended and submitted a series of queries arising from an examination of the proxies as follows:- Is a proxy good if:- 1. It contains no date of meeting anywhere on the proxy. The Chairman held that if it contains a date which shows it is for the current year's meeting, then the proxy is good. e.g. if the full date including the year on which the proxy is given is inserted, this is sufficient evidence as to its being for the current year's meeting. 2. It contains no date of meeting in body of proxy but has the date or year at heading. The above decision answers this question. 3. It contains June 15th, but no year. The first decision answers this question. 4. It contains no address or description of the parties who are appointed proxies. The Chairman held that the proxies were good if the name of the proxy or proxies was that of a shareholder. 5. It is witnessed by one of the parties named as a proxy where alternative proxies are appointed. The Chairman held that no witness was necessary on the proxies, and the question to be decided was