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say, "take a back seat," I can assure you. There come has unhappy fallen off immensely. We hud are two characteristics. however, which two special helps during the previous year. One may not have mentioned to you before which was a special donation of $200 from the Free- are well worthy of your study. They are masons, which was not renewed during last year. hopefulness and faithfulness. Now I suppose and the other was a bazaar which produced many of you boys have read the Pilgrim's $265, and we had nothing of the sort during the Progress." by Bunyan. If you have not, you past year, so that we are very largely in debt should get your parents to buy it for you. It is in consequence of the success of the school, and an excellent book. The hero is named Chris I hope we may be able to find friends who will tian," and in his pilgrimage he was accompanied help us in our difficulty, for there can be no ques- by two companious named Faithful and tion about the teaching and the general success Hopeful." There are few things of more of the school. I would just like to real a note importance to hoys and of greater value in all that Dr. Eitel sent to me a short time ago. He periods of life than good companions. I advise sent it with the tabulated results of the ex- you most strongly to have as good companions as aminations and thinks, as he says, the tables will Christian" had. By doing so you will be faith-speak for themselves. He adds consider the ful and hopeful at all times. You will be faith-result, particularly in the higher standards very ful to your friends, faithful to your employers, satisfactory, for the test applied is reasonably to yourselves, and, what is more important, severe.' As a curiosity he adds, I enclose a faithful to your God. Besides that you will paper written by a Chinese boy! The mnaf- be hopeful and free from despondency infected testimony of the religious spirit times of adversity. Now I can give you an ex- prevailing in this school furnished by this ample of faithfulness. You have all heard of Dr. paper seems to me very touching." I will not read Livingstone, the great traveller and philan- the paper, but I will hand it to your Excellency thropist. Well, he died in the heart of Africa. | to read over. Under these circumstances we He was accompanied by two black boys only. have every encouragement to proceed, and we When he died did they desert him? No. They hope friends will come forward and help us in travelled for nine months through the deserts our difficulty. Mr. Piercy has asked me to say of Africa and after much trouble and difficulty that the vacation begins to-day and that the they brought his remains to a place, from whence school will be re-opened on Monday, the 24th they were shipped to England. They were faith- February. (Loud applause). ful to their master in his life and after his death. This is the sort of faithfulness which we should all emulate. As an illustration of hopefulness combined with faith I would point to the case of another great traveller known as Mango Park. Mango Park was the first of modern Europeans who reached the well-nigh fabulous waters of the Niger. He lost his way in the heart of Africa exactly a hundred years ago. After wandering about for several days he came across a smuli green plant, and it at once occurred to him that if that beautiful plant had been placed in the centre of the wilderness" and had been nurtured and sustained by God. the same great power would sustain and not desert him. This small incident gave him heart again and awoke within him that faith and hope which led him to continue his journey to a safe termination. Well, boys, let us all, in addi-pleasure in meeting the friends of foreign tion to cultivating industry and perseverance, missions, and called on Lieut. Kelsall R.E which are so necessary for success in the every-
the hon. sec. of the provisional committee, to day business of life, cultivate also that hope say what had been done..
fulness and faithfulness which are so essential to our existence, and so necessary for us to have
as our companions through the toilsome journey of our lives here below. I thank you, ladies and gentlemen, very much for coming here this morning and for thus showing your interest in this institution. I congratulate the prize win ners on their success. I urge those who have not gained prizes to try again, and I wish for the Diocesan School many years of future prosperity. (Loud applanse.)
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Bishop BURDON-I am very sorry, sir, that my words were so imperfect that I made such a blunder as it seems I did last year. I will just explain that when I said a bore" I meant a bore to yourself and not to us. I rise now to simply express my own and the Committee's thanks to your Excellency for coming year after year to give us kind and hearty advice for our well being. I have nothing else to say except with reference to the state of the school. Everything, aS have heard, has been satisfactory through the year. The numbers are very good, not compared with those of 1894. but with the year before. One hundred was the daily average attendance for the past year, whereas for 1893 it was only 85.74. On acconut of the plague the attendance in 1894 was of course lower, but compared with 1893 the numbers are much larger and most satis- factory; so was the teaching, so is the staff, and so were the general arrangements that have been carried out. There is, however, one draw- back, and it is a very serious one. We shall have to make a special appeal to our friends to help us. We are unhappily very deeply in debt. It is supposed that most institutions should be in debt, but I wish our funds were not quite so low as they are now. The chief cause has been the increase of expenses in various ways, and with an increase of numbers there has of course been additional expenditure in maintenance, so that more than 8500 has been spent in maintenance over the expenditure of the previous year. The in-
During the proceedings the drum and lifé band gave selections of music and the boys sanje two songs and concluded with “God Save the Queen,”
CENTENARY OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
PROPOSED PUBLIC MEETING.
At the invitation of a provisional committe meeting, about forty ladies and gentlemen. desirous of arranging for a public missionary interested in Christian Missious, met at College Chambers on the afternoon of the 22nd Jan.
On the motion of Dr. EITEL it was agreed that Dr. CHALMERS should take the chair.
In a few words the CHAIRMAN expressed his
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ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.
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The annual general meeting of the seat- holders in and subscribers to St. John's Cathedral was held at the City Hall on the afternoon of the 22nd January. The Right Rev. Bishop Burdon presided, and there was
a good at- tendance.
Hon. W. M. GOODMAN (Acting Chief Justice) moved the adoption of the report.
The CHAIRMAN suggested that it would be well if those gentlemen who were kind enough to collect the offertory would remain behind in the vestry and assist the Rev. Mr. Cobbold in counting it, so that the accounts could be properly audited.
Hon. F. A. COOPER seconded the resolution, which was carried.
The members of the Church Body were then elected. The Chairman announced that the Acting Chief Justice did not desire to remain a member of the Body as he might be called upon to give nected with the Church. The following mem- a legal opinion on matters con-
bers were elected :-Messrs. G. B. Dodwell, T. Jackson, F. A. Cooper, C. Ford. R. M. Rumsey, and E. Osborne. Mr. W. Macbean was elected
auditor.
The Cathedral regulations were then passed, and the meeting concluded,
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HONGKONG
LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY CO., LIMIT: D.
The ordinary general meeting of the Hong. kong Land Investment and Agency Company, Limited, was held at the offices, Victoria Building, on the 3rd Jan.,at nosu. Hou. J. J. Bell-Irving presided, and there were also present- Hon. C. P. Chater, Messrs. N. A. Siebs, D. R. Sassoon, M. D. Ezekiel. S. St. Michaelsen (Directors), A. Shelton Hooper (Secretary), Hon. A. MeConachie, Messrs. G. Murray Bain, G. C. Cox. J. H. Cox, V. H. Deacon, N. J. Ede, J. M. Forbes. C. Ford, E. Georg. J. M. Goos- maun, R. Shewan, R. K. Leigh. W. Parlane, C. S. Sharp, and A. Woolley.
The SECRETARY read the notice calling the meeting.
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The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, before pro- ceeding with the business of the meeting I 'desire. on behalf of the Directors, to express Mr. KELSALL stated that about a month ago a few residents in the colony wh were anxious their sincere regret at the death of their col to arouse more active sympathy with Christian league Mr. Poon Pong, who was a member of Missions discussed what could be done, and this Board since the formation of the Com agreed that as this was the Centenary year of pay. The report and accounts for the past the London Missionary Society ¿
public year having been in your hands for some days, meeting in connection with this arent afforded I will, with your permission, take them as a good opportunity of bringing the subject read, and I trust you consider them satisfac- before the general body of residents. In con-
You will observe on reference to these nection with this proposal they had received that our mortgage account again shows a very encouraging promises of sympathy and considerable falling off, and consequently the revenue from this source is correspondingly help from the Bishop, the heads of the respec- tive missions and churches in the colony, and a number of public men. It was therefore proposed to form a representative committee to make all arrangements for a public meeting.
Rev. J. W. PEARCE, of the London Mission, moved. and Rer. G. J. WILLIAMS. of Union Church, seconded, that the provisional comi- mittee, which had so successfully made the preliminary inquiries, should be asked to become a permanent committee with power to add to their number. This was carried, and it was also passed, on the motion of Rev W. MUSSON, seconded by Rev. G. REUSCH, that the Bishop, Mr. Jackson, Dr. Ho Kai, Mr. Tarn, Mr. Wang Shing, and Mr. G. Murray Bain he requested to join the committee.
It was moved by Mr. CRAWFORD, seconded by Hon. Ho KAI, and carried. that the Com- mittee of the London Mission beļasked to con- fer with the committee as to the arrangements for the public meeting.
A vote of thanks to Dr. Chalmers closed the proceedings.
General Hsiao Chen-chiang, Commandant of Huchun or Shanghai local garrison, a military officer well known to foreign officials there, has, the N. C. Daily News states, been cashiered and dismissed the service by an edict of the 17th instant. He was denounced by the Viceroy Chang for drawing pay for a considerable num- ber of men not on the regimental roll.
tory.
less, while our rent account has increased, owing to the larger amount we have in- vested in property. The total amount on mortgage and invested in property when we closed our accounts was 84,310,360.60 as against
406.166.59 on the 31st Dec., 1894, yet our total revenue from these sources shows an increase of $6,693.24 over that of the previous year.
As I have already stated, our properties have continued to improve in their returns, but it must be borne in mind that the whole sum of $1,797,736.54 has not been invested for an entire year, and that in this amount are included our "undeveloped" properties, con- tions, which there is little doubt in the sisting for the greater part of reclama.
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will produce a satisfactory result. The amount earned for commission has again increased, and exceeds that of the previous year by over $1,600 and of 1893 by $5,200. The Company's properties have all been kept in thoroughly good order, which ac counts for the somewhat large sum shown: under the heading of repairs, and which will, I⠀ fear, have to be pretty well continuous on ac- count of the stringent regulations made by the Government and the Sanitary Board in respect to house property. You will observe that we carry forward a larger amount than hitherto, as your Directors, taking into account the falling off in the demand for mortgage and the low rates of interest now ruling, deem this course more prudent than the payment of an