The Committee are glad to be again able to ing a favourable report of the above Institution before the public. The number of visitors to the Coffee House during the 12 months has been very considerable, 18,990 in all, giving an average of 1,582 for each month." The reputation of ths' House for comfort and good meals has been well sustained, and the Committee are glad to take this opportunity of expressing their continued satisfaction with Mr. and Mrs, Warren in their management, The statement of accounts for the year is appended, and the Committee desire to draw attention to the fact that it has only been found necessary to ask for half the usual amount of subscriptions this year, $353 as against $700 in the preceding year.
gratitude for the daily local papers, which The Committee again desire to express their are regularly supplied, and to remind the public that any English, French or German papers, and magazines will be most pateeally Feceived by the manager. Some of the frien who used to send them have left Shanghai, and the supply has in consequence fallen off e Committee earnestly hope that the deficiency will be made up, as the men greatly enjoy having plenty of iitustrated and' other papers, to look at and read.
H. C. Hovars, Chairman of Conemittce,
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