The annual meeting of the subscribers and friends of the above Institution was held at the Municipal Council's Hall, Kiangse Road, on Thursday evening. Mr. J. S. Fearon presided, and there were also present the Rev. H. ©. Hodges, the Rev. W. Muirhead, D.D., Mr. J. C. Bois, Mr. Ambrose, Mr. W. H. Poate, Mr.J. Buchanan, Mr. €. Thorne (Secretary), and a number of ladies.
The Chairman announced that the object of the meeting was to receive the report and accounts xnd also the names of the Committee which hed been submitted to and approved of by the Council.
Mr. C. Thorne, alluding to these objects said that although the report and accounts might not have been in their hands so long as they would have liked yet he thought they would find on looking at them that they were exceedingly satisfactory. They had had an opportunity at all events of seeing Ly the report and the accounts that the Institution was doing a great deal of good. At the present time they had 59 boys and 65 girls in the School, boarders xnd day pupils, and they would also by the report sve that during the past year they had had the arrival amongst them of Mr. and Mrs. Price to take over the charge of the boys' and girls' schools, whilst Mi kin was now superintendent. of the girls' school, a post which she held with such signal success before. The school was going on so exceedingly well that they would be pleased if the members of the community generally would visit it and see for themselves the amount of good that was being done through the excellent teaching there. It was found recently that their support in the girls' school in the way of teaching was not sufficiently great. They therefore applied home for assistance and through Miss Gaskin discovered that Miss Stevens was willing to come out and take the position. The Committee believed that she was eminently fitted for the work and she came to them with the highest possible references and testimonials as to her scholastic attain-
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