Mokanshan, Aug. 7.
The 24th Annual Meeting of the Mokanshan Summer Resort "Association was held in the Assembly, Haul on August 6 with Pres. Mattox in the chair. The report of the secretary showed a year of activity along many lines.
Due to the popularity of the resort in the last two years it has been possible to make improvements the pool, the tennis courts, the [cemetery and the Assembly Hall, Unfortunately the new dispensary building has not been erected owing to diftculty regarding the sale of the old church building.
"The dispensary has been conduct in the old church building again this year and the funds which were contributed last year for a new building have been placed on fixed deposit until such time as it shall be possible to go forward with the new dispensary, The medical officer for July has been Dr. Stephen D. Starton of Hangchow "and. for August Dr. George Thorngate of Liuho has the practice, "Tt is hoped that the larger missions whose missionaries patzonise the resort in considerable numbers will be willing to allocate' a physic-Jan once in every ten years to, the Mokanshan. practice. On. account lof the increased efficiency of mission hospitals and. reduction in foreign staff it is) becoming increasingly bhard to keep up the medical service of the Association, Considerable. attention his been paid to improvements in the library. 'A librarian of experience has been secured, many of the old books have been rebound, the library has been catalogued, and a extalogue will shortly be publsthed, There is need fof Juvenile books in Chinese for children and books of reference for adults.
The library has also received one onerous gift of books from the dump" of a library in Newton, Mass. and would welcome other donations, either from the "dump" in" other libraries, or from indivi. deals having duplicates of good books which they would like to dispose of.
The housing problem on Mokunshan is betaining a serious one. New houses are going up rapidly, but yet there seems to be a shortage of houses for rent. At the present writing there are four applications for next year in the Association office that it seems quite impossible to fill. Iam told that the Railway Hotel will be enlarged next year. A large vegetarian hotel is also being erected. ay The water is still high on the plain, elitionships with the Mokanshan Bureaw continue to The Bureau has icing of the mou tain and the electric lights. This year the service of the electricity works has been greatly extended {and the service is very satisfactory, The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:
PP: Bevo: Hawk, Vie, Pom Bonen Treaa AN Ws" March, Asst, Wong, Seq Rev I
Treas, IT. Moffett The following were also elected members of the Board of Director Messrs. J. M, Blain, K, Van Evera. Mrs. S. B. Chang, M. W. Pett, J.C. Oliver, A. Gracie, H. H. MedMilian, and Mrs, H. C, Mel.
The above named officers and board members make up the ditectorate for the year 1932, No account of Mokanshan would be complete without mention of the weekly concerts which have so delighted the community this year. Mrs. E. M. White has been unfailing. in her efforts to provide Tuesday, evening concerts of a high order 1d the work of Mrs. R, T, Henry with the children on Friday. afternoons has not been less gratifying.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.