Association's Annual Meeting:
What is a Lancastrian? A
1 Problem of Membership "What is a Lancastrian." is a problem which worried the members of the Association of Lanca trian's in China for some time last Friday, at their annual meetting' held at the offices of Maitland er than it ig at present.
Mr. R, Grimshaw took the chal supported by Messrs. H.W.P. Me-'Meekin, R. W. Wells, E, G, Barnes 'TIN. 'Yates, H. H. Holgate an L.A. Harrop' (hon, sec. and treas.).
The Chairman remarked that there had been a small profit on the year, which was quite satisfactory, but which might have been larger had some of the back subscriptions been paid. There had been a ce tain amount of apathy on the sporting side, and in reply to the letters had sent out regarding tennis, only seven people had answered.
On the proposition. of Mr., Me. Mockin, seconded by Mr. D. Kemp, the report and accounts were adopt= reply to @ question regarding the association's benevolent fund, the Chairman said there had only been one call upon it during your, and that was within the last two or three days, and meant paying out the sum of $40 only.
Mr. D. Kemp suggested that the fund might be more patronized if it were better known, to which the Chairman replied that if there wei any deserving cases among Lai shire men in Shanghai the association would be only too pleased to give their aid, and if their fund: were not sufficient, then he felt sure the members would not be backward inputting their hands in their pockets to help out a fellow eoun-
In reply to a question regarding the missing of the annual dinner during the year, the Chairman stated that this had only been dona after due consideration on the part of the committee. They had felt that with so many people starving in Shanghai, people who could do with the price of a dinner, it would not be right to spend something ike $800 oF $900 on themselves for such a purpose.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.