[Meeting of Subscribers Decided to Accept Bequest of the Late Mr. Lester The adjourned meeting of subserl+ bers to consider the bequest of tha late Mx. Henry Lester to the rants of the Cathedral for the Gathedral achcol, building a. new.
of re-building the present
deanery and a new Church House fand the placing of a memorial window in the Cathedral, was held fon Tuesday last in the: schoolroony fvhen there wore present the Right Hon, Lord Addington in the chairy the trustees, Messre, Edney Page, W. S, King and P. W. 0. Liddell, the Dean and a large number off
Mr. Page oh behalf of the ribers, trustees addressed the meeting at length, reading the original bequest and explaining that, as some ileultics were foreseen in carry ing it out to the letter, application to H, M. Court for instruction had been' made and decisions given which he explained fully. He then thetched the manner in which the trustees hoped to seo the bequest /administered, with the assistance of the Committee whom they had asked to advise them. He pointed out that this was the only bequest Mr, Lester had made of a purely British character; a advantage was to be expected from a better equipped school and a larger and more up-to-date Church [House which he characterized the nerve centre of the social work, fof the Church in Shanghai, A new. deanery was much needed for the feomfort and dignity of the dean of the Cathedral in Shanghai. He proposed that the bequest be accepted, The Very Rev, the Dean seconded the resolution, saying that from the very full explanations given he was ratified the gift should be accepted, He had. every confidence in the manner in which the trustees would carry it out.
The resolution was curried une animocely, With a vote of thanks to Lord Addington the meeting closed.
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