A meeting of the China. Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society took place on Wednesday (25th ult.) in the rooms of the Society, Mr. N. J. Hannen, the President, occupying the Chair, Me. Kingsmill in the course of his lecture stated that in many respects the earliest dawn of story amongst a people was one of the most interesting of studies, and undoubted history went back far amongst the Chinese, and we possess besides sv lange a storehouse of myth and legend that the task of the evening was light rather from the excess than the want of material, Scholars had been too apt to Took upon Confucius as the founder of Sir, Total number of persons coming under the notice of Police philosophic school, and almost forget the 1021 benefit he had conferred on the study of Your oleate dighnn die Chairman, To His Excellency, Major-General G, Dicey Barker, C.B., Commanding H.M. Forces in China and Hongkong, Volunteers, Appointment of " brid Adjutant:—The following letter is read, and ordered to be published Shanghai, 23rd January, 1893.
the receipt of your letter No, 93/25 of the Sm,—1 have the honour to acknowledge 19th instant addressed to myself and the other officers of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, snd to thank you for the contents of shine.
I have placed your letter before the officers and Tam requested to state that we are (quite eyreeable to leave the matter in the hands of the Council, feeling sure that they will give it full consideration and if the; see fit, either leave it to the incoming Council to settle, or, as in a matter of such importance seems to us may be more advisable, include it in the programme of resolutions to be submitted to the ratepayers at the annual meeting.
T have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, B, A. CLARKE, Captain S.V.A., and Senior Captain S.V.C.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.