MEETING OF SURSCRINERS, A meeting of the subscribers to the! Shanghai Library was convened for 5.30 p.m, yesterday in the North Room of the Town Hall, bat beyond two members of the Committee, the} hi Secretary and Treasurer and the Librarian, no one attended except the representatives of the 8i Havilland de Sausmarez, Chai the Committee, presided. He said that they seemed to be in very much the same condition as usual cing "ups snd downs," and the present year was perhaps one of the "downs," rather than one of the "aps.""" The loss on the working account was $275; Inst year there was: a credit balance of $44. Presumably this lose was caused by the falling off of the snbecribers, and by an increase!
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