'Phe annual general meeting of the Foo-Tough, as soon as the intter gentleman is proceed to Europe on twelve months' fur-chow Native Hospital and Dispensary was able to recruit his failing health. held at the Foochow Club on the 4th Dr. William Krauel, late Consul at this instant. Mr. A. F. Angus was called to port, has been appointed Consul-General the chair, After the report and accounts at Sydney. had been passed, the Chairman said that Amoy race mooting is fixed for the 8th, with the report before them there could be Oth and 10th of January, and as over little question as to the desirability of twenty ponies, including six griffins, are carrying on the Hospital under Dr. Rennie's already on the spot, good sport may be management. He wont on to speak of the anticipated. It is understood that the Grospital, more than anyone could. expect, eat good done by Dr. Osgood at his stewards have decided on a new feature in the programme, viz., that two races unless they would take the opportunity to diem shall be closed for gentlemen riders sce for themselves. As to Miss Trask's who are Land fide residents of Amoy or Hospital, that institution appeared to meet Formosa, or whic have at some time previous the prejudices of Chinese female society to the meeting been residents of at least and he now appealed to the community for three months' standing. funds in aid of the present undertaking.
The Swimming Club has been a compara-Dr. Rennie, he felt sure, would take his tive failure this season, and we are sorry share of the work, and the Institution to see the manly exercise dying out. The being unconnected with any Missionary attractions of lawn tennis and its attendant enterprise should find favor with those who luxuries have been too many for our best advocated entirely secular hospital work. swimmers.
He trusted and believed the necessary 'A party of excursionists who had pro-funds would be forthcoming, and that ceeded up the river lately, say that an natives would subscribe. As to the Gov-immense block of granite, forming a part of ernor-General's subscription, Mr. Sinclair the Kang Tang or Polam Bridge, monsurcould inform the meeting better than he ing about 70 feet long by six feot wide and could.—Mr. Sinclair hero stated that the Viceroy had promised his support, and six feet thick, has broken in tio during the late rains, thus obstructing a part of might be depended on for a subscription the river navigation, and that the founda-of possibly Tls. 500.—The Chairman then tions of several of the stone copings belong-called for an expression of opinion as to ing to that huge structure had sunk and whether it was desirable to carry on the are in a most dilapidated condition, Fears Hospital, and the show of hands was un-are entertained that if the defects be not animously in favor of continuing the work. soon remedied the whole of the wonderful Mr, Sutherland then proposed that a sub-bridge will disappear. scription list should be circulated amongst The natives in the vicinity of-the bridge the community, and that every effort should told the excursionists that on the Gth inst., be made to collect native subscriptions. at a late hour of the night, two tigers Acommilteo was then elected, as follows visited their village opposite the N.E. end Messrs. Sinclair, De Lane, Leyburn, Liibof the bridge, and carried off two pigs be-bes, Sutherland, and Mr. W. H. Barton, longing to them and were seen to go over Jr.—The usual' complimentary votes of the said bridge. thanks terminated the proceedings.
The annual general meeting of the Race Club was fixed to be held on the 17th in-
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