Of special interest is the observa tion that, of the new titles, nine original "contributions by' Chinese writers, four are independent translations, and two are compilations. the reprints, fourteen are so popular that two editions have already been called for, and three new books have: thus far been reprinted. Most of the books published by the Society, which is supported from Glasgow, London, Canada and America, parti: cularly, are in the Chinese language.
Two annual meetings are covered in detail in the report, Mr. J. R. Jones, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Council, and President of the Society resided over each. Financial reports discover the Society ina healthy condition, while its report indicates that to-day, there are more channels available for the dissemination of its As a sequa! to the arrest and return, from Hongkong, of Twa Tsung-chu, who was charged with compilely in the embezzling of $4205 from the. China Agricultural & Commerce Bank fof Shanghai, $26,500 In" Chinese. and Hongkong currency was brought back to Shanghai from the South on Sun-
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