f the Committee ie Institution and (Chairman), Wylie, Gl Fryer, Tony King-sirly and Hsit Hsueh-tenn, The CHAIRMAN expressed his pleasure ing Mr. Tong King-sing among the Committee agai ject brought before the proposition that the Secre-jonid be asked to write a report of the Institution for the year 1876.
The Treasw m gave a statement of the present condition of the fu howed a deficiency of about 1,000 which sum had been disbursed for compl g the building, furniture, well as for current no more subscriptions accounts had to be It was then proposed that, as Mr. Med-burat was shortly to leave China, it was sary to nominate some one to occupy 8 Chairman and Treasurer. Mr, that capacity. Wylie declining because of his frequent absence from Shanghai, Mr, Glover consented to undertake the clu ies. At Mr. Medhurst's proposal it was resolved to ask Mr. Tapp to join the Committee and act as Honorary Tronsurer. Mr. Medhurst volunteered to continue hi on, if required, wh Phe next subject was a suggestion that new members, both Foreign and Native, should be added to the Committee to replace those who had resigned o left Shanghai. It was decided to invite three or four gentlemen to become members, nominate fidential natives who Mr. Tong ig was requested to
would be willing to join the Committee, whereupon lie mentioned his brother Mr, Mow-chee, and Mr. Wang Chun-foo of the sit said he know A letter from Mr. Kingsmill resigning was then read, and his Tt was also remarked that Mr. Wang Yung-ho, anoth member who had taken much interest in the Institution, had left Shanghai to take an official post at Foochow.
The Treasurer mentioned that Messrs, Llewellyn & Ca. had a case of specimens of chemicals, &e. ready to present to the Institution; he nounced the receipt of a subscription of Tle, 26 from Mr, Mf, together with valuable Chi-actionary for the Reading Room, Seoretary reported the reosipt of complete set of the Peking Magazines, of copies of Cassell's Technical Educator and other hooks from the "Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge," and of several railway maps of China' from Sir Macdonald Stephenson, Allusion was made to the letter of Mr. J.P. Henry to the Belgian Minister, which in the Moniteur and which was in the Celestial Empire of thi tant, 1t_was remarked that th manufacture of Belgium showed a gr spirit of ise in endeavouring, to ok an out in Eh for the producta 8 industry through the
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