Plea by Retiring President of St. Andrew's Society A plea for members of St, Andrew's Society of Shanghai to help in oblaining recruits for the Shnghai Scottish Company of the S.V.C. was made In the course of the Fist annual meetty, held on October Palace Hotel, by the felting president. atr. Norman, icgregor. Mr. Macgregor described the Shanghai Scottish as one of the finest clubs for young Scotsmen in. Shanghai, and said that it was very closely related with the St, Andrew's There was also some discussion on the subject of the Society's edu anal activities, Mr. A. Pollock ssu gesting a new bursary of £100, that would enable a boy to go Home and start out in new surroundings. He urged the members of the society, not to be satis led with the $300 which they spent annually on educa-tonal activities.
'The annual report staled that the ancial position of the Society showed nett assets had increased to $22,387.70 as compared with $17,671~ 4 last year, thanks to the donation of $7,180.35" received through the estate'of the late Mrs. John' Prentice. The roll of members now stood at 546, which included 24 lite members, as against 050 in the previous yenr, The fall in the number of members was chiefly due to a thorough revision of the register, carried out by the hon. treasurer and the hon. secretary, as it was found it included many names of those who either had left for Home or were now stationed in other parts of China or elsewhere, and had falled to notify the treasurer.
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