To, the Editor of the "NortH-Cutxa DAILY News." ig not. a Shanghai, particularly to that part rebiding fu the International Settlement "area. "To. depend upon a direst. appeal to. the public for the whole support of the Society is altogether too precarious; the Shanghai public is notoriously fickle, equally notoriously" slack in attend: ing to the payment of small sums such as the subscription to a society the result of the long established chit?
and "shroff" system), and changing, so that drives for membership " and campaigns for funds would have to be undertaken every year in order to keep up the 'A. subsidy from the public funds would mean this difference, that, instead of having to-depend' solely upon the goodwill of a shifting [populace for its funds, that populace would be automatically" taxed "an infinitesimal portion per capita provide those funds." 'This would be fairer, too, as.not throwing the jfnaneial' burden of the whole institution on the few more gen Jerously minded, but distributing. it instead over all the members of the'
Sim—Referring to the scores of various English Rugby Clubs, as published on page 17 of your issue of 18th November, I conclude that the various clubs mentioned scored altogether 26,205 points, whereas nly 38.755 "points were scored against them. ugh it is very unlikely indeed that -the scores! included in this list cover a series of games which might be consider-_ ed as "all against all," in which event the number of points scored "for" would. exactly" equal the! number of points scored "against," the difference in the above totals are rather disconcerting. The only conclusion that one can come to is that at least some of the clubs. omit some of their matches which ended somewhat digastrovsly
crepancy, the list entirely lacks view of this omission and, dis: the interest that it would have if points for and against were approximately equal. My own. London club shows up very well indeed in this list, but dam wondering whether" they have omitted some of their reverses and the same comment may apply to Texpect' that any' light hich yeo Shanghai att throw on thie subject will be aero contort to many of your
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