The Regatta on Saturday the 2nd inst, was a handicap race for yachts belonging of the Club, the course being "down river; round a atoke boat moored in the bend below Collyer's Dock; return and round the French mail steamer's buoy then down river round the stake boat ain and return, finishing across the ing line between the Police Hulk 1 at Pootung." The day was ith a moderate breeze from about $, S.E., and with the tide ranning ebb, in their favour the yachts got away as follows Ghar allowed On Qe. at Bh 31a. 108, Luise Fy BL 40 Thistle 5, BL 50 Fairy 32 30 Tuiline 3, 32 40
The wind being abeam allowed the yachts to fetch the stake boat without tacking, and they yybed round it, as follow Charm To R. W. Leer, Secretary, Shanghai Bleotrie Company.
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Yo R, F. Taopsory, Ex Seoretary, Mun The Meeting then adjourned. the retiring Directors, be re-nected.
Mr. Gnore proposed that Messrs. Arnold and Rose be re-elected auditors for the year.
Mr. Porswecxex seconded, and the motion was approved of unanimously, Phe Cuanwaray then intimated that that was all the business, and tnat the dividend 'This institutions held its first annual started' a year ayo the public meeting on the 25th inst 1g ber spirited effurtsof Mr. Hobson, Commissioner of Customs at this port.
This gentleman conceived the idea of increasing the literary resources of the community by the amalgamation of a Public Library with the one already in with the Cust 'The A one and has most successfully carried out, as the report and accounts submited at' the meeting fully shoved.
The subscription is $12 per aunum and there ure49subscribers out the list, exclusive of the members of Customs Our-dyer Staff, whose subscrip: 8 are represented by the ai service grant of $150 and their books to the Library.
The number of volumes on the shelves is now 749 a further instalment being Thistle 5, The Charm thus far had outeniled the fleet, and throughout the race she steadily widened the yap between herself and the other yacht without tacking, and match from Pootung to the Messayeries buoy, the Louise sailed by her lowdah improved her position relatively to the yachts astern of her very mate Pho buoy was rounded by the Charm at 3h, 52m, 208, Louise " " 3 57 30 dine" 4 00 30. 4 Of 40 and the stake boat by the Charm at 4h, 26m. 00s, Linise " 4 3300 Tame 4 Bt 10.
Fairy ut 42 00 Thistle 3 4 38
The run back was uneventful and the Charm. sailing splendidly erossed the winner of the race and prize, the record being as follows
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