A good-sized audience attended the open meeting of this Society on Thurs-aay afternoon to hear the paper on Chinese Children's Games." by Prof. Headland of Poking University, Sir Pelham Warren, K.O.M. being in the chair. In the absence of the writer of the paper it was read by the Hon. Seoretary Prof. Headland has paid much mention to the life of Chinese children and has written two valuable books concerning them. The paper on Children's Games, came more or lows s! 8 surprise to those who beard it, as the foreign resident of China is always apt to think that Chinese children have no games worth mentioning. The paper discussed games which require activity, those which develop skill, those which develop parental inatincts, instincts of curiosity, instincts of striking, of kicking, ote., Many of the games areaccompani i which were rendered #0 d form of English ditties that one might mistake them as being culled from Mother Goose Rhymes, One of the beat of these ditties occurs in the game ing the Poles" and is as follows Strike the stick One yor ate you strike mo.
the stick Strike it thrice A stick don't burt The magpie wears a small whit Strike again Four for you horse and a Mongol too. i The Directors beg to submit for the information of shareholders the annexed uly audited statement of the Com-Pany's accounts for the year ended Sist March, 1906.
The not profit of the Company Ths. for the twelve months under review stter paying all expenses and write off all bad and doubtful debts amounts to.. 82,991.83 From this there has to be deducted 4 por cent In. terim Dividend 9,000.00
Leaving available for appropriation 23,901.83 which the Directors propose to deal with s follows A final dividend of Tls. 1.50 per
8 total of 10 per cent per 6 per cent making annum absorbing Add to Director.—Mr. P. F. Lavers retires, by rotation, but offers himself for re-election.
A Mr. A. R. Leake, who has aurited the accounts for the past year offers himself for ro-election, L. R, Borxwanpt, Chairman.
Shanghai, 16th May, 1906.
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