London, July 8.
The annual meeting of the China Society was held on Tuesday at. 5 o'clock at the School of Ori Studies. Sir Dennison Ross was in the Chair and in moving the adoption of the report and accounts the remarked that they had had much less difficulty in getting interesting lectures recently than past years. He said that the mom. bers would see that there was a balance in hand of £250, of which they hoped to spend part in entertainments such as the one held during the past year in Caxton fall. He thought that these entertainments fulfilled the functions of the Society better than anything and were the means of bringing the Chinese students together. The cost of the last entertainment was 425 which he considered very cheap; Ihe also thought it was better to hold such entertainments in the winter.
On being questioned as to the pot tion of Chinese students in regard the meeting he said that he did not think they would care to come to a business m cing, but in any ease they wer all invited.
The rt and accounts were then pass'.
The election of officers and members of the Council for 1926-7 was then discussed, and great regret was expressed at the resignation of Mr. Brown-Brendon from the Council. Tt was eventually proposed to invite Mr. Jardine to take this gentleman's place. It. was also decided to ask Miss Quock to fill the student vacancy, and that} Sir Charles Elliott, Mr. Penrose and Sir Charles Addis' should be asked ito become Vice-Presidents.
The question of the re-election of the Chairman arose, and Sir Dem son Ross was again elected to this office.
'A vote of thanks was given to the Secretary for the work he had
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