A meeting of this Society took place at the United States Legation on the evening of the Sth of April, when the President, De. Dudgeon, in his opening address referred to the meetings of the Society during the past three years, instancing in particular the interesting papers read by Mrs. Bishop on her travels in Tibet. and Mr.
W. Campbell on his travels in Northern Corea, both of thes" meetings having taken place in the British Legation, and also referring to the publication at Tientsin after a very protracted del-y, caused chiefly by the trouble in the Printing Office there, of the Society's journal, the bolkivst number yet published, and finally extending " warm welcome to Dr. Martin who was to read a paper on ' Ghinese Poetry" that evening. Dr. Martin is the only representative now amongst us of residents dating before the
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