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e. Recreation Ground
J.H. HAAN
Originated in 1860 when the ground inside the second racecourse was bought with the purpose of making it a Recreation Ground for other sports.
f. Shanghai Library
Established in 1849; the existing premises were found to be inadequate and in 1852 it was decided at a meeting of library-members that it was "desirable to erect a Building for an Exchange and Reading Room", to which end a committee was appointed. All plans came to nothing however and the Shanghai Library had at one time, during the 1860s, to rent space at the Shanghai Club.
Affairs of the Library were managed by a committee that was annually elected.
g. Shanghai Volunteer Corps
The S.V.C. came into being during the Taiping troubles in 1853; at first it was a more or less private organisation until in 1870 control was handed over to the Municipal Council.
h. Society for the Relief of Distressed Foreigners of All Nationalities
Founded on June 6, 1865, in order to provide a temporary solution for the problem of foreigners who had come to China as mercenaries to fight the Taipings and who became unemployed after the ending of that rebellion.
Biographical Notes
ANTROBUS, Robert Crawfurd 1864-1865
Partner in Lindsay & Co. from May 20, 1852.
Member Recreation Ground Committee;2 trustee British Episcopal Church 1863(?);3 trustee Chinese Hospital 1865;4 commanding officer of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps.5 Member Commit-