On Wednesday evening the annual general mesting of the Mih-ho-luang Rifles was held in the Municipal Council Board Room, Captain Dudgeon presiding, The Chairman, having remarked that that was the first opportunity he had bad of meeting the Company since they did hia the honour of electing him their Captain, and having thanked them, moved the adoption of the accounts for the pxst year, He anid the debit side of the account bad been somewhat unduly increased by a heavy printing bill, which included sume expenses Of the previous year. The Company lad tiao paid their share of the testimonial tothe Hongkong Sergeant, which in former daya would have been paid by the members individually. The position of the pany was fairly antisfactory, there being members as against an authorised establishment of 67, With reference to the old question of shooting, it was rather humiliate ing to notice how few members had turned up to shoot. There were ten recruits on the list, and what he proposed to do was to offer a prize to recruit is year it was proposed to reinstitute drills irrespective of the general drills on Wednesday, and the drills would start on Monday in the Deill Hull at half-past five.
Sergexut Hayter seconded the report, which was adopted.
Upon the m tion of Me R, M. Campbell, seceded by Mr. Stewart, Messrs Bois, Gumpert and Jenson were re-elected to form the Committee, with the three Officers.
The Chairman read " letter from the Hook and Ladder Company inviting the Rifle Company to ce-operate, if a Ball were cos beyond their control. (Hear, hear)
The Chairman expressed his agreement with these views.
After some little conversation the resolution in favour of a Ball was adopted unani linously, and Messrs Hayter, Campbell, and Gumpert were elected as a Committee, with the Officers.
The Chairman initiated a short discuejon upon the proposal to constitute xn Engineers' corps. He said that 30 members would be required, and stated that it was proposed to form the corps by drafts from that Company, To do that without reducing the strength of the Company: it would be necessary to have many recruite and he thought the members should endeavour to induce men to join the Com-y, with the view of their being drafted to the Engineers if willing and suitable, There was no doubt the Council would give permission if the men could only be gut.
was oventanlly decided to bring the matter up at " future meeting, The business on the agenda paper, relating to the election of a Sub-Lieutenant, could not be proceeded with as the required number of efficient members was nut present.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.