6th April.
At the last_mooting of th Board, Mr. D. Humphrys mi strong indictment against the results, which the Board bavejbeen'able to place before the public, in regard to plague Something more is neod-ed to render plague statistics of any real value. The medical faculty of the Sanitary Board know very little about the plague. Heroic measures lave boon adopted, which h community in a huge annual expen tare." Thisfis one phase of the indi ment and it is stated in very pla one. But further, itis maintained that the measures which the Sani employs to carry out ite i are far too drastic for the Chinese community. Europeans and Chinese have boon harassed, but, of course, the disagreeable experiences are felt more hoonly by the latter than by the for-mor, and moreover they are not appreciate the mo! tary Board has in view. quence is that the Chinese have emigrated from the colony in large num-bors, especially the women and children, The' minute states that "it is computed that 50,000 of the poorer but respectable Chinese have left the Colony." It was maintained that the relations of the Board made it so dificult for the working classes of Chinese to secure the privacy which most people prize, that they were compelled to send away their women and children. Then, further, the regulations of the Board made it possible for those carrying them to interfere with property; indeed blow has been struck at property from which it will take some time to recover." As the result of all this, i was felt that the regular course of things has been seriously disarranged, and yet the statistics which are avail. able as tar as they refer to the plague are of little or no value. Underneat there seems to be Intent the assumption that the increase or decrease of plague rises and falls in harmony with increase or decrease of plague in Canton, and if th 80, then one general law obtains all over the South of China. Of course this in-dietment is nothing more than the opinion of one of the members of the Sanitary Board, but Mr. Humphrys has been recently elected to serve on the On the 3rd inst. this Association held its quarterly meeting, and notwith-ling the inclemency of the weather was fo attendance, Among the matters which at present engage the attention of the Association is that of Federation. The Rev. T. W. Pearce, who has been in the North of China, and studied the work there, was much won over with the way in which different missions work together in many ways for the common'good, Some-to be attempt. part of China, however, ficult to are so many are wedged together 9 way that ronders it oxcromely dificult to divide the field. Though this is so, it has been felt that something could be done, and, as a start, throo missions working in Canton, the United Brothron, the American Board, and the London Mission have joined hands in an attempt to open and run a college in which to train preachers for ministry. When the usual business of the Association had been put through, Mr. Dyer Ball read a paper on the rise and progress of Buddhism in Chi Mr. Ball, assis well known in the East, is lifelong student of things Chinese and, among them, Buddhism. The paper was long, but covered a wide range of history. The general impression convey. od was that on the whole Buddhism had been a blessing to China rather than the opposite, and that it had in very many ways modified the experiences of the Chinese. It is not possible here to touch on the points mentioned but ro-was suggested that Buddhiem in was a tolerant religion, and that one of the effects on the Chinese mind was to t tolerant of all religion would appear to be something in the suggestion.
Tux Atlee Mumontat Hosrirat, On the evening of the 2ud the Commites of the Alice Memorial Hospital held its annual mosting. This hospital was opened years ago for the benefit of the Chinese, and is worked by a Committee, though the doctors have hitherto been supplied by the London Mission. The Chairman of the Committee A. W. Browin, the Regis presided. There does not appear to be a balance shost published. It appears, however, that more than $10,000 have been received during the years from the Chines in donations and subscriptions. Indeed so heavy has the collecting become that it has been found necessary to sot apart a man specially to collect the mone; The work of this benevolent institution.
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