of the Institute have ce thie date of the last Report, ut Report must necessarily be of It is satistxctory, however, to be able to record that nothing has occurred: in the al to mar the pro-ress which has characterised the Institute in the past or to threaten its welfare and development in the future.
The last half-yearly General Meeting, at which the Report of th ing Session was presented, proved a marked success. Though elf was 201 what costly, the Committee hopes that, in low of its tory result, the mem-will regard the extra expenditure as tified. The Committee, moreorer, de-to take this, the earliest opportunity of publicly thanking the many friends who by their invaluable aid contributed to the success achieved.
The Treasurer's statement, hereto apshows that, after deducting the there hand of $203.70, which amount, on the receipt of the entrance-i I remaining to be collected, will be increased to $303.70. The financial position of the Institute may consequently be regarded as not altogether unsatisfactory.
One member of the Committee, on turning to the United States, resigned office. " Considering the unimportant bu ness to be transacted, it was not thought necessary to fill the vacancy thus caused.
There has been a recent addition of eight members to the roll of the Institute, which brings the number up to total of Siftythree. In resigning the resp office, the Committee earnestly this total will, during the current 3 be greatly increased, and that will readily come forward: to assi meetings, and so help towards the attainment of the aims of the Institute.
Wa. Buiout, Honorary Secretary Wo have to congratulate M. Iburg upon the very brilliant success which attended his first subscription concert of the season, and the crowded audience which assembled to hear it in the Masonic Hall on Friday night, The programme arranged by M. Thurg was an excellent one; indeed it was perhaps a little overloaded with pieces de resistance, and although his subscribers consist no doubt to a largo extent of those who appreciate instrumental music, we think that the bill-of-faro might have been improved a little by an increased leavening of songs. But M. Iburg did not leave us much room for criticism. His selection of music was, upon the whole, admiral and the compliment paid thereby to his audience appreciated to the fullest extent. Schubert's exquisite Quintett for Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Double Bass, was excellently played, each instrument bein; confided to a performer whose musical accomplishments have already ensured for him the highest position in public estimat tion, Mr, O. J. Holliday then sang Gounod's Cavatina for Baritone—' Dio possente, dio d'amor'—from Faust, with unexceptionable phrasing and expression, Mr. Holliday was in fine voice, and the effect he produced in this as well as in his second effort, the Bull-fyhter's from Carmen, would have been stil greater if less tinctured with that bravura style which he perhaps unconsciously adopts, In both instances, however, he was vehemently applauded, gaining a well-deserved encore for the second song, which however ho only acknowledged. M. Iburg's orfer nee of Beethoven's Concerto for olm with orchestral accompaniment was one of the features of the evening. It was a masterly piece of execution. Indeed we may state at once that M. Iburg has perhaps never played better in Shanghai than he did on Friday night throughout the very arduous duties that he imposed upon hi self. Mr. \W. B. Loam, an amateur flautist well and favourably known to Shanghai audiences, also seemed to catch the prevailing inspiration, and gave us a solo from Donizetti's Don Pasquale in very admirable
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