Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the Committee, and others interested in the proposed Homo, was held in the Municipal Council Board Room, No. 23, Kiangse Road, for the purpose of hearing the Constitution and Bye-laws read, and transacting other business. General Kennedy, U.S. Consul-General, presided. 'There were present Mrs. Burkill, Mrs. Cameron, Birs, Buchanan, Mrs. Carles, Mrs. Hodges, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Brand, Mrs. Gulick, Archdeacon Moule, Rev. J.' Hodges, Messrs. Geo. Jamieson, W. R. Carles, F. C. Bishop, C. 'Thorne, D. A. Darling,' A. T. M. Dermer, A. Dallas, B. Atkinson The Cxtarnocax said that, on the 7th July last, at meeting held in that Room, a Committee was appointed to take into consideration the advisability of establishing Children's Home or a Home for destitute children and others in Shanghai, under Protestant auspices, and the Committee since then held several meetings, and had adopted a Constitution and Bye Laws which would be submitted to the consideration of the present meeting. A circular had also been published by the sub-Committee and circulated in Shanghai stating the nature of, and giving very explicit information as to the purposes of the Home, and he took it this circular had been extensively read. Nearly eleven hundred taels had been subscribed, and an estimate was made that when they had four thousand taels, it would be sufficient to make a beginning. There seemed no reason why this money could not be raised, and the two ladies would be struck at once with admiration, appointed by Mrs. Meredith invited te come out. After paying a compliment Road was-much nearer the centerof the manner in which the members of thb Committes had discharged their duties he expressed his opinion that the meeting would approve of their action.
He then invited Mr. Thorne to read the Constitution and Bye Laws.
Mr. THORNE before doing so, mentioned that the Committee had been divided into several sub-committees to out. the different portions of the work. That appointed to draw up the Constitution consisted of the Rev. Mr. Muirhead and Messrs, Fryer and Carles, assisted by Archdeacon Moule, and General Kennedy, and the result of their labours was submitted to the General Committee and adopted after some discussion, They could not do better than adopt theConstititution drawn up by theSub-committee, and to which they had given much attention.
Mr. Tuonxe then read the Constitution and Bye Laws, in the preamble to which ho mentioned that the word Protestant" had been omitted before the word "Home."
Mr. Donar proposed the first resolution, "That the constitution and bye-laws as read, be and are hereby adopted."
He said that in his own vindication he should say that they had only been just placed in his hands, and he had not time to criticise then. But if there was anyone present in a position to criticise the constitution and bye laws, he would be very glad. As far as hie could gather they were in proper form and he hoped they would be adopted, Mrs. Bnaxp seconded the resolution.
Mr. Jaszesow said that before the Chuirman put the resolution to the meeting, he would like to have a little more information, which he thought-Mr. Tuorxe might supply, on one or two points which were not quite explicit, He asked what would be the expenses of the Home.
Mr. TuoRsE replied that for 30 children it would be Tls. 75 " head per annum.
Mr. Jasuzsox—You would want Ts. 2,300 per annum, and you expect thnt it
donations entirely. would be kept going by subscriptions and Mr, TuorNe replied, yes, that was so. If Mr, Jamieson asked him what he expected, he would answer that he expected they would get more than what was mentioned.
Mr. Janteson asked was it intended to invest the money that would be got as an endowment at first?
Mr. Tuorse replied that they would be very glad to adopt such a course if the; Mr. Jamzesoy—But at present you in+ tend to start as soon as we have the four thousand taels.
The Cuarmman asked if Mr. Jamieson intended to move any amendment?
Mr, Janreson said that he did, and he wanted to say a few words before doing so, although he also wished to say that he did not come to the meeting as an opposer of the Home. But he thought that a scheme of this Kind, before it was launched upon the world, or rather he would say in puts ting a scheme of this sort before the world, the promoters should show some more pro: spect of being able to continue before they commenced. Almost all similar institutions: commenced with an endowment of some kind, either by a charitable person leaving it, or by some other way, and without that he thought that it would be hardly reasonable to expect the institution to succeed, They had no very wealthy individual in Shanghai to come forward and take it
the charity of the many stand for the but he thought that they could make charity of the one. He believed that they would be able to get ten thousand taels, and invest it for the annual income of the Home. There was one thing of very great importance to the Home, and that was that once started it should last (hear, hear); and it was not of any material import ance that it should he started this year,
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