following short report on the of thi ye institution, since its establishment in August of last year, is circulated for the information of the foreign The total amount collected from the community was Mex. $271,97 and im has almost been sufficient for one year, including about $100 of first extra ordinary expenditure. The principal items \were: house rent for one year $60, fixing the inside of the house and purchase of
newspapers $70, wages of Chinese Curator furniture $70, purchase of books and for one year $96, "When the above-named aum of $271.97 was exhausted, Mr. Kl: wiichter, Commiasioner of Custo the Haikwan to collect subscriptions from Chinese merchants. These have amounted to Mex. $230. The the Haifang $24, the Ti-tai $10, the Ts'ong-fu $6, the Likin Office $16, ie i will be found in tables one and two appended, where a balance to the credit of the int to know how far the object of thi tution to extend the knowledge of the Chinese in regard to thus to combat it prejudices against for igners, has been realised, It is true the means of action have been very limited, the circle of Chinese readed lias been small, but, that a result fairly Proportionate to the efforts made has been attained, I have no doubt whatever. Perhaps only a hundred different Chinese ye year and not more than ten to fifte come to it daily, but still these shown that foreign country pected for their literature and merely forther cannon sand steamer I believe that such a result is not paid too dearly for at the rate of $200 per annum, more especially if the Chinese contri Dute more than half of the expenditure themselves. That the Chinese authori could, be moved to collect subscripti for the Reading Room shows, moreover, that its establishment has not been viewed with trust or sus} I think th port from the foreign community, and if it were liberal, much might be effected.
bought books, newspapers, maps, etc., but we have no models, no apparatus, the library must be extended, and other wants make themselves felt, To conclude: The Reading Room at Amoy can only be conducted on "small scale, but I earnestly recommend that i should be carried on, and am ci results will be obtained, Amoy, 11th Sept., 1876.
Hon. Secretary.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.