Nuisance.—The following correspondence is ordered to be publishes U. S. Consulate-Ger Shangh Lam in regeting in premises for the solicitation of used for purposes which, make it necessary for residence which would trouble and expense.
T will thank y Taw, Sir, Your obedient servant, 0. N. Desxy, Consul General. To W. ©. Warp, Esq.
Chairmian of the Municipal Council, Shanghi Shanghai, 24th April, 1882, Sin,—I have the honour to acknow of your letter of 18th ply, I beg to say that the Council such instructions to the Police regarding ioned by Alr, Henry Sylva, as
any farther cause of complaint on his part, wil, they hope, remove ay far os practicable, hate the honour to be, Your obeitient servant, W. ©. Warp, Chairman. To O. N. Desxy, Esq., Consul General for the United States, towing atte is ordered to be published:
Orphanage French Concession,—The fol-
Str,—After bavins received such a handsome proof of the benevolence of your Council a favor of our orphanage, it is a duty for me to express you the profound senso of our gra thankfulness for your charity, is the opposition and trials the Council has encountered on our behalf, and nevertheless you have persevered in cou sidering our work as a useful one for all, and worthy of your sympathy and approval We thank you very much, and we will do out best to show you at every occasion that your charity has been usefully granted. L remain, Sir, Yours traly, Marie DE S. DowtsigoE, 8.4.
To the CHAIRMAN, Municipal Council.
Receipts during the year. $446.72 Expenditure. 1,328.36 Balance on hand 181.46
In. his report the secretary spoke of the publication of eleven books and tracts during the year of which ten new, eight being sheet tracts, Six books had been published by one auxiliary, making in all 492,000 books and tracts. and equal to 2,231,000 pages. Thuse figures did not include the other auxiliaries, Shansi alone has circulated probably 547,100 books and tracts.
In conclusion the secretary said In reviewing another year of this society's operations we could heartily wish there was more to report. However, we for a single year's work but and though less hus been accomplished during this year than we could wish yet the society has been sprending its roots and gaining strength, Such an stitution as the Chines religious Trac! Society aims to be, must expect to be of" slow growth, It must make friends with those who have the means, and induce them to give. It must make friends with the: who can make books, and enlist their ices. It must make friends with those who have the time, talent, and heart to work, and secure their ce-operation If people all saw things in the same light and at once, this might be done easily and and quickly, but unfortunately we do not always agree as to the best ways and means, Our aim summed up in one sentence is, to give the Uhineso " Christian Literatur he love of letters, so common among this people can be turned to g-od account in giving them the Gospel, and we propos to nake the moat of it. ' Their language in copious and flexible enough to ennbl to communicate through it all the wealth of our literature, Within a few years we have witnessed a great and rapid change in the sentiments of this people with reference to foreign news and notions. OF the five Chin papers published in Shanghai Out thitleen thousand ce, Although it panders to the native projudice and superstition, yet ix cannot be denied that it is most eagerly sought for by those who with for foreign intelligence. Though as ignorant of their own country of all science, politics history, and of almost all that is tranapiring in the world, yet the Chinese are a interesting people, possessing great vitality, energy and enterprise, They are " hardy race, unlike the frail people of the Pacific Islands whom they are so rapidly supplanting. They are leaving their own overcrowded cities and emigrate ing in great numbers to America, the ast and West Indian Isles, and South America." Whether we consider the i ity of ile population, its exter ritory, the variety and great value of its products, its mineral wealth, the industry, shrewdness, and natural intelligence of its people, its wonderful literature and the ease with which we may communi-truths of Christianity through nm of the written language, we must acknowledge the Chinese are the.same time one of the: most remarkable and ons of the most interesting heathen
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