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January 23, 1895.]
The SECRETARY-Notices were posted to each sestholder and subscriber.
Mr. DANBY I never received any. I have, however, another mitter I shonld like to call to the attention of the Board, and that is the re- pairs in the wires and "attachments for rig: ing the church bull These wires have
been in such bad condition that they have made much noise when in use and they are now placed in good condition and will no longer be a source of annoyance. The work has been well done by the Dock Company And the best of all is that when asked for the bill Mr. Gillies refused to accept any pay and said he was only too glad that bis Company was able to do as much for the Church 1 therefore move, your Lordship that a warin vote of thanks be extended to Mr Gillies and to the Dock Com- pany for this generous act of theirs.
The motion was carried unanimously. BIS LORDSHIP then said-I think there is much in what Mr. Danby has said about the nece-sity of a more extended notice of these meetings. It is so difficult to create, interest in such matters that I think we ought not to neglect anything that may contribute to a larger at- tendance and in the future a notice bad better be inserted in a new-paper.
This was accordingly decided upon. On inquiry by Mr. ANBY, it was stated that
a communication had been received from Mr. Sangster, the organist. resigning his position as organist of the Church, but that action would only be taken on the resignation at the abunal meeting of the Church B dv.
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Mr. DANBY said that as there was decided and organised ffort to be made to raise a fund for repairing the organ, he thought at the same time they ought to rais· frm $20 to $30 for beautifying the cucel of the church. He thought it looked too bare, and that for the amount be mentioned they might do some delicate stencil tracery, something in the style of the church at the Poak, that would greatly improve the appearance of the walls. He saiˆ that he had had this in his mind for a long time and hoped to be instrumental in seeing carried ont
CHINA ÖVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
QUEEN'S COLLEGE.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.
The annal distri útion of priz›s in connection with Quer's College took place on Thursday infiernoon. is toudur Mr. E J. Ackroyd, Açı-
Chief Justice, presided. There was a large attendance, and amongst thos present were the Right Rev Bishop Burdon, Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart. Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, Mr. A. G. Romano, Rev. R F Cobhold, Rev. T'. Pearce, Rev. G. J. Williams, Mr. C. F. A. Sangston Mr. W. D Braidwood, Air G. Peray, jan, Mr. W. E. Crow. &c.
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boys drilling, making them hold up their heads and walk erect, his a good eff et on their moral character. It seems to improve them, and 1 trna you boys, when you leave this College, will, by up your heads among your fello v 10-0; your fat are conduct in life, ever be able to hold look every. the boys to whom I have just delivered prizes and man straight in the face. I have to congratulate especially those who have successfully passed
the Local Oxford Examination«. All those who have not been so successful I wonld ask to renew their efforts next year and see if they oinnot de seriously to consider the advantages which this better (Applause). I would ask all of you Institution offers to yon I think I may safely
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that more attention is paid to you and you are far better taught and you have greater educatioual advantages than 1 enjoyed forty years agÓ. These entail s`duty ou yon. have said, by the liberality of the Government, you have a good education, and I would ask you to make some and care and attention which is being bestowed return for all the labonr
often a thankless task, that of a schoolmaster. upon you by your wasters. It is a hard and very
we look back upon our schooldays, we feel sorry and I think that sometimes in after life, when for all the trouble we gave them and the tricks for all their trouble is to make a good use of what we played upon them, and one way to repay them they have taught`us (Applause). I was very sorry to see from one f the former reports of the Head Master that few of the Chinese boys here come seeking any real advantage from education in the way of enlargement of their ideas or from you set a low value upon your education and have the love of education or knowledge; but that come here merely for the monetary advantage ledge of English and other subjects, This fact that can be obtained hereafter from your know.
this colony object to the sum spent on this In- has been one of the main reasons why many in
stitution.
I have to ask you to do all in your power to remove that impression, and to show by your e nduct that you value rightly and are grateful for what you have learned here. Yon can do that ways.
in many Many of you belong to China. You will return there. Remember what you
Dr. WG&T, DD, the Head Master, sa d- My lord, ladies, and gentlemen, before reading my report I will make a few reina ks. I must first express the deep r get felt by myself he misters, and scholars of this Coll ge at the in- ability of His Excellency the Governor to be present on this occasion. For three years we have been annuallycheered by i. is kiudapprobation and stimulated by his advies
We are, however, fortunate in having is Lordship. Mr Ackroyd, The Acting Chief Justice, nud I desire, on be half of this institution, to thank him for coming here to-day and presiding and that after per- forming the same service yesterday for auotber institution Two days running, for such a busy man, and one now unusually taxed on account of the extra Taipingshan. Arbitration duties, are a demand on his time greater than we had a right to expect, but his attendance will, on this account, be all the more appreciated by us.--Dr. Wright then read the report. now a
After the prizes had been distributed, His Honour the ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE sid- Ladies and Gentlemen, I am quite sure you will all join in the expression of regret which Dr. Wright has made with reference to the absence of His Excellency the Governor. I am quite sure that all here would have very gladly wel- it has been my privilege to be invited to comed his Excellency avain. In his absence
preside at this ceremony, and I readily ac cepted the invitation. I have to acknow- ledge Dr. Wright's kind remarks about my presence here, and although I am not altogether idle just at present I have been only too happy have learned here. Think of all you have learned to make time to come here to-day. (Applanse.) | from the wonderful discoveries of Western For many years I was connected with the Co- | science. Think first of all of what untold suf- mittee of the Government Schools in Mauritius,fering, both of Chinese men and Chinese women, and I trust shall always do what I can to help | could be avoided. on the cause of education (Applause.) From
they would call for and wel- come Western medical science and skill. Think the report, which has been read you can easily of the happiness and prosperity and the many gather that the past year has been a very material advantages China' would receive if she with this College, and one which has been ti ying and anxious one for those connected. opined her country to railways and steam. You for some ise greatly interfered with, were
may help ju full of diffie Ities. The studies, which were surroundings
way, if in your own and in your OWB aphere you exert what-influence you can and by your the results of the individual examination, we at last altogether interrupted, and althonghi. in coudnet show you have benefited by your know- ledge of science and other Western discoveries. come across such remarks as these, Grammar Do what yon eau to spread a further knowledge makes but a poor show." Geography, poor re- of these. You may think you çan sults in all, and that Chemistry had to be al-
o very little and together omitted from the examination, yet the great magnitude for you to do anything towards you may think that the work is one of too report shows that on the whole very good results have been btained, steady progress has been vast valleys and deep chasms in mountain ranges: it accomplishment; but geology tells na those made, and I think we can congratulate all the
which excite our astonishment and call forth our masters upon the results of their labours admiration have not been the sudden work of (Applause)—for I am quite sure they have
some cataclysm or sudden rending of this earth s ficulties they have encountered. I am quite sure spared no pains to overcome the many dif ernst, but have been the silent work of many ages, commencing perhaps from some smail we also join in Dr. Wright's expression of thank- streamlet or mountain stream, itself the result of fuluess as to the good health he is able to report
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streams in time will form a vast and flowing knowledge to the good of China, these little river, and that mighty nation when it sees this. will burst its bonds of seclusion and in its thirst of knowledge will stoop down on the banks of this your river and drink and live for ever. (Applause.)
Mr. ALFORD then proposed a vote of thanks to the Bishop for presiding over the mee ing and for his efficient, pat ent, and willing services in connection with all church work.
The vote was passed and the meeting ter minated.
THE TELEPHONE TO GAP LOCK An interesting feat in long distance telephony has just been accomplished by effecting tele phone communication with Gap Rock. When the Gap Rock cable was at first cortemplated it was thought that telephonic communication could be effected, but for various reasons the or- dinary telegraphic transmitt‹ r had to be resorted to. which was more for Jss tedious and expen- sive, as it required an experi at both ends of th wires to transmit and receive the messages Having been examined on the subject by the Commission held not long ago. Mr. W.tewart Harison, Manager of the China and Japan Telepi ona. Company, had his attention called to this interesting problem and after some experiments he appars now to have established beyond a doubt that fel phone com- munication is possible, as the service is now. conducted solely by the telephone
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the melting of small flakes of snow. The tele- phone used appears in forin much like those concerning them. I am afraid, as a member of pair. If each of you brings yonr little stream of gratulate the establishment on its increased cost. the Retrenchment Committee, I caurot con-
Thanet cost to the Government this year is $28,500. Now this is too much. In the RetrenchmentCom-
commonly used iu Hongkong, but bas an ipoved form of long distance transmitter, in which we believe there is nothing very novel; there is, however, an attachment which has the nudoubted effect of largely increasing the sound unitted,mittee we thought $21,500 was too big a bill, and and in effect we may say ihat the operator bears as distinctly as if the wires were but one mile long instead of nearly for y.
we recommended that some steps should be takeu being made to carry into effect one of the re- to reduce it. I am glad to say some efforts are
commendatious of that Committee, and that was that this establishment should be so modified The Kobe Herald says that the captain of the that its advantages could be availed of by Eur- Gorman steamer Ingo, then lying at. Messrs. Hupter and Co.'s dock, Osaks, had a narrow
opeans who could not afford to send their child- ren home. I think that everything should be esoape from asphyxiation on the 5th instan'. It done to remove the objections of European parents, appears that Captain Jesselsen, being somewhat fr if such a large sum as this is to be spent on nuwell, had a large hibachi placed in his cabin the College I think Hongkong and the English before retiring to rest, and next morning was residents spuli deriv uore benefit from it found in bed in an uncm-cious condition. Al- than they do. With respect to drill. as I ở thongh be is now in a fair way toward recovery, said yesterday, I have noticed in some English his condition was at the time of his discovery so papers that more importance is paid to this sub. serious that he could not be removed from theject in England now. It has been said, although ship.
at first it may appear curious, that teaching
Dr. WRIGHT proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Ackroyd for presiding.
The holidays having been announced, cheers were given for the Queen, His Excellency the Gover: or, Mr. and Mrs. Ackroyd, Dr. Wright... Mrs. Wright, the masters of the College, and the ladies.
THE HEAD MASTER'S REPORT.' The following is the report read by Dr. Bateson Wright:-
1.-The total number ou the College roll for the year was 1,048 The Plagne, which merol- has. however, played ruthless havoe with fully fully spared the lives of our mastera and scholars, half the statistics in the table following,