The ann ry) was on Friday evening the "24th ultimo in the Council Chamber. The Rev.
A. J. Walker presided, and among number of Chinese Indies and girls from the Tien Tsu Hui school.
The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said the Society had had wonderful career, and after those present had heard the Hon, Secretary's report for [last year they would thi more wonderful ment. The advance hud been extraordin ry and, as compared with other societies in this country, unparalleled. He had heard it suid that the human such a small part of ought not to have a specially organised after it. It might bea small part but it ery important part, and it was that made it important, This ed because women to have the full uso of their et, Then the secondary results from the form ion of the Society were very interesting, the chief being that East and West were joined together in a good cause, It was said by some that any movement such as this should come from, and be organized by,' the Chinese themeclves. Those who argued thus showed them-ves very small-minded, as great. men were those who did not believe that every country should look after itself alone. It would be observed, however, that the progress of this Society was more and more due to the Chinese themselves.
The Hou: Secretary (Mrs. W. A. Cornaby) read a carefully compiled and lengthy annual report. Reference was made' at' the owser-to the two public' meetings arranged. principally by Mz, Shen Tun-ho's aid at the Town Hall in December and January last; at the ecoud there wore more than a thou: present, one-thied of them wamel of good position, tings carried very great effect in Shanghai. During the year nearly 60,000 tracts and circulars had distributed in Shanghai alone, whi others were published from Chaugtu and other centres, the Pri the Society (Mos. Archibald Little) had boon in England since the Spring, and was therefore unable to address mostings in various parts of China as she did last year: but she had not forgotten the Society; she had been speaking and work ing on its bobalé in England, and had raised $146 for its funds by the sale of Chinese embroidery. From all pacts of the Empire news was coming of the formation of natural feet societies by the Chinese themselves,. The brightest accounts of all came from Amoy where such society had.alreudy a hundred members and was managett by a committee of twenty belonging to the upper classes and was. very flourishing. Many of the publications of the Society were now nearly out of print and subseriptions would soon-be necessary to replace them, The Committee were anxious to have u still larger.circulation of literature.' The. Committee were indebted to the great interest taken this year by the Chinese for their present good financial ition and had received over $900 from native contributions, "Another good work by Taotai Shen Tun-ho was the founding of the Tien Ten Hui school where strong moral suasion was brought to bear on the pupils, who girls of good family, to unbind their feet. The Executive Committee of the Society bud given $100 to the prize fund of the school, the prizes to be open only to those whose feet were unbound. Mrs. Bon field. Mrs: Cornaby,' and Mra, Ridge each gave. instruction.-in the-achoul fon two mornings in the week
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