The annual general meeting of the Lester Chinese "Hospital was held on Thursday and there was a lamze attendance including several medical practitioners of Shanghai Opening the meeting the chairman QMr, L, J. Cubitt) said:—In the opening remarks at the lest annual meeting the chairman, Sir Peter Grain, said it was hoped that the next annual meeting would be held in much better surroundings than those of that day. Events have not moved quite so quickly, but I understand that a good deal of preliminary work has been accomplished and that the plans for the new buildings will be finally approved in the near future and it is hoped that in two years they will be ready for occupation The mnvalescent Home Among the "hopes for next year" mentioned by your chairman last year was that a convalescent home would shortly be established In the outskirts of the Settlement. The extent to which this hope has been realized is in the purchase of a block of land on the Hungjao Road measuring about 80 mow at a cost. of Tis, 136,000, This purchase was financed out of the Lester Bequest, Fund and will appear among the this year's balance sheet.
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