Apart from the election of " manager, etc, as already stated, pat rons or supporters may be nominate ed in the interest of works of bene Volence and charity. Fifty promment men have been approached by correspondence asking their consent to be patrons or supporters of the Bociety-'The Town Council has decided that as, of the loan of $1,000,000 obtained by the Native Waterworks Company, #200,000 was from the former Taotai's funds, the interest) for this amount should be paid by the Company to the Socisty in future.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.