The Summons calling the meeting is taken alread.
The Minutes of last meeting are read, confirmed, signed by the Chairman, and passed for publication.
Cash Statement for the past week is submitted, and cheques for sundry accounts are signed.
Return of Prisoners apprehended and police daily reports for the past week are submitted.
Shanghai Public Ychool.—The following correspondence is ordered to be published.
The Shanghai Pablic School, Shanghai, 12th October, 1897.
Smm,—I am directed by the Educational Committee of the Public School to call attention of the Council to the financial po tion of the School. It is estimated that there will be adgficit at the end of the year of some Tis, 400 a5 aguinst Tis, 622.71 brought over from 1896. It is hoped thst. the increased scale of fees charged from the Ist September will be sufficient together with the annual grant of Tls. 4,000 to defray all the working expenses in future but will leave nothing over for the payment of school appliances, The Committee's predecessors before out of office passed a draft letter to the Coun: cil appealing for a special grant of Tls. 3,500
1. A deficit of about Tls. 800 already expended upon furniture, 2. A deficit of about Tls. 1,000 additional furniture to put the school in a proper posi tion.
3. A deficit of about Tls. 700 scientific apparatus, di 4. A deficit of about Tls. 1,000 for passage money and initial expenses of two nevo teachers, in all Tls. 3,500.
'The letter was never sent as the members resigned, iter 6 months' experience your present Committes are unanimously of opinion that about the same amount must be provided if the school ix to be put in a thoroughly offcient state, say—
1. To cover the estimated deficit 2 and 3. These amounts mu:
increased owing to the fail in one teacher from home at present—the sum is reduced to..... 750 balance to allow for part salal of new teacher in case the income is not sufficient at first to tare say 350 pay all the increased expendi-
Tls. 3,500 Additional furniture and appliances have been strongly recommended by the Rev. -H.
Hodges who has twice'most. kindly ex,
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