1 now turn somewhat reluctantly to the sordid side of my subject vis, the accounts, I say reluctantly because with two exceptions they do not afford the same material for congratulation ax the professional lo. The exceptions are, firstly, the generous contribution from the Shanghai Race Club of Tls. 12, 457.60 without which it is difficult to see how the hospital could carry on, and secondly the donations from foreign firms, societies and dividuals which aggregated Tls. 10,120.59, being an increase over the previous yenr of Tls. 1,957.17, bhut it should be mentioned that the 1927 foreign donations included the handsome sum of Tls. 2945.36 presented by the Shanghai Football Association, being the proceeds of the christmas charity match in 1926, Had this been brought into the 1926 account the total for that year would have been Tls. 11,108.78 and for 1927 Tls. 7,175.23. Sundry receipts declined by Tls. 4,796.17, all sources of revenue under this heading—general fees, in-patients, out-patients, private wards and railway wards participating in the shrinkage, while the total donations from Chinese firms, guilds and individuals was only' Tis, 1,898.75 against Tls. 3.114.35 in 1926. The International Race Club and the Shanghai Paper Hunt Club whose welcome contributions of Tis, 2,223, and Tis, 1,430 respectively, helped materially to swell the revenue for 1926 do not unfortunately, appear at all in the 1927 list of supporters.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.