We have been asked to publish the following minutes of a meeting of the Committee of the Text Book Series The Committee met at the London Mission, Shanghai, on Friday, the 17th of December, 1880.
There were present, the Rev. Win. Muirhead, Chairman;'Rev. Dr, Young J. Allen; Rev. Thos, Taylor, Mr. John Fryer, and Roy, A. Williamson, LL.D., Secretary.
Themeeting having been duly constituted, the minutes of the last meeting, being printed, were taken as read.
'The 'Tneasuxer then laid on the table a memo. of the state of the funds, Balance on hand at last meeting,..1,605,85 Payments, including purchase'
hooks, charts, freight, ete., ete, 231.90
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.