As was briefly recorded in Wednesday's issue, the annual meeting of thy Shanghai Saint Andrew's Society was held on Tuesday evening at the Town Hall. The President of the year (Mr. C.S. Addis) was in the chair, and was supported by most of the executive officers at a ruble whereon the mysterious emblems of the Society made an imposing display.
The Hon. Secretary (Mr. G. S. Lindsay) having performed the formal preliminaries, The President introduced the Committee's Report. He remarked that the object of the Society was the promotion of good fellowship and friendship among all Scots. men in the Far East and provision for the relief of those who had fallen on evil days. The report in the hands of members would show how far the Society had achieved success in those tivo directions. The activ ties of the Society showed no sign of abate. ment or of losing that enthusiasm which they, ae members, fondly supposed to belong to Scotsmen. During the year the activities had been on the whole more abundant and diversified than usual. The Society celebrated St. Andrew's Day fay by a large and representative ball; they bad com. memorate, for the first time, the birth of Robert Burns by a dinner; and they were shortly about to provide an evening of Scottish music by 2 concert on Halloween. He hoped thave events would meet with the members' approval, not only as tending to promote social intercourse, but as a help to fostering intere t in their, national literature and music; familiar to all present, but yet well worth all the study they could give it. ite Tls. 670 had been expended in relief during the year. It might appear that that was nob large sum fora Society which had a membership of 600. Personally he was glad it was so small, and that it should be possible, while the population increased that the call on the relief fund should remain low. It would b" a bad day for: Scotsmen if the percentage in need of ce was ever higher than now OF all forms of charity it was ised that that which service was the tem-dole, bringing no substantive or po ent advantage in its train. that reason he (tie President) drew tion to a highly significant feature in the report. It would be seen that although Tls. 670 was expended in relief, more 1 half that sum was returned by the recipients. That meant that out of the money given, more than half had been so timely, wisely, and prudently awarded that it had served the very purpose of re-establishing the men in the positions from which they had, by accident or misfortune, temporarily fallen. That there had been no pauperism ing effect was amply proved, and testinrony as given to that sturdy Scotch ind-pendence which all of them were supposed to drink in with their native air, and which the more blighting atmsphera of the East hid not Leen able to eradicate. (Applause, Another feature deserved special mention, and that had references tothe bursaries. which had been won this year by Master Elward Clements and Miss Kate Pond. On former occasions the Educational Sub-Commitree were constrained to remark that the sandird of examination reached by the Scotch pupils was not such as could be desired. ut this' year he was proud to say there was no complaint under that hexd, and the two winners of the bursaries deserved every congratulation. He did not want to ride his hobby of Education to death, but the funds of the Society had now reached a point which he thought would be amply sufficient to meet such necessitous uses us were likely to be brought before the Committee in future years. It might be a matter of some difficulty to know what to do with the surplus, and he would like to suggest, if he might, that the encouragement of eduestion was an object which would he more fruitful wud yield more sub-tuntial and permanent results than most th He moved that the report and secuunts be pass:
Ir, Murray Adamson seconded, and the motion was carried nem. eon.
(On the motion of Mr. Robert Inglis, seconded by Mr. Murray, it was resolved to ive the two bursaries of $100 each for the best boy and viti pupils of Scotch parentae in the Shanhai Public School during the comin ax to the form of ww's Day, and it. was resolved on the motion of Mr. Murray, seconded by Me. Edmondston, that a ball be held at the Town Hall on 28th November. Tu connection with the ball it was decided to recommend! the incoming Comty make some ult-ration in the matter of sending out invitations. Hitherto the Committee have invited nearly every ly whose name appeared in the ladi t, but the growth of the Settlesm fered it impossible to continue on those The recommendations were therefore ladies of his own family each ber should b+ allowed to. nominate couple. Adiibe made, sw to the Committer approval, at $3 a ati The President referrer to several wes which had taken place during the Mr. Gow and Mr. MacLaren had what to the regret of all. Another we which could not be passed over it notice was the retirement of Mr. McLeish from the post of Hon. Treasurer
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