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The CHAIRMAN-I might mention before putting the report that the guarantee scheme will be continued this year. His Excellency the Governor, with h's usual generosity will make himself responsible for five, and Messrs. Ray
mond and Hewett for one rach.
The CHAIRMAN proposed the appointment of the following ladies to the committee for the current year:-Mesdames Atkinson, Badeley, J. Hastings, Hickling. Kruger, May, Peter, Saunders, Marcus Slade, Thomson, Turner and Lady Berkeley.
Mr. HICKLING seconded, and the motion was carried.
The CHAIRMAN propose the appointment of Drs. Atkinson and Clark, the Rer. J. H. France, the Hon. Mr. Hewett, the Rev. C. H. Hickling and the Rev. F. T. Johuson as a reference committee.
Dr. ATKINSON seconded the motion, which
was carried,
LADY BERKELEY proposed a vote of thanks to the Hon. Mr. May for his attendance. This
was carried.
Mr. MAY thanked the ladies very much, and assured them that it was a great pleasure for him to meet them and help the u in such a sma'l matter.
Dr. ATKINSON proposed a vote of thanks to the ladies who sat on the committee during the past year. The public was much indebted to them for their labours, and he thought the meeting should not close before such a vole was proposed.
Mr. HICKLING seor nded the motion, which was carried and ended the business of the meeting.
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL,
The annual meeting of seat holders in and subscribers to St. John's Cathedral took place on Jan. 29th in St. Paul's College. The Rev. F. Johnson presided over a fair attendance.
The Chairman pointed out that the brass tablet to the memory of the late orgauist, Mr. A. G. Ward, had lately been erected under the window of the North transept.
The balance sheet was submitted, Dr. Clark the bon. treasurer exp'aining t: at the church in common with the rest of the
community had suffered during the past year from a lack of dollars. Their income had gone down somewhat. During the year they had spent $188 more than they had received, but fortunately they had a balance in band which was more than sufficient lo met it. The increase in expenditure had been mainly in the direction of salaries, $11 basing been spent more in wages and salaries in 1906 than in 1905. They had also found it necessary to increase the insurance on the Cathedral in order
cover its full ralue. The only other iccreas as compared with last year was in special collections. During the year there had been six special collections as compared with thres during 1905. The general fund suffered in consequence, being $171 less than in 1905. As a church body they would have to consider some means of slightly increas- ing the income or slightly reducing the expondi- ture. Their balance was now $2,495.
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The report was adopted ou the motion of the
Hon. Dr. Atkinson.
The following six lay members were re elected to the Church Body. Hou. Dr. Atkinson, Dr. Clark, Messrs, W. Armstrong, A. Bryer, G. Hastings and E. Ormiston, while Mr. J. C. Peter was re-appointed auditor.
The Chairman followed with speech reviewing the events of the year.
He paid a high tribute to the life and work of the deceased
Bishop, made a feeling reference to the loss sustained through the death of Captain Barnes Lawrence and also made appropriate allusion to the recent death of the former Bishop of the
Diocese.
In reply to Dr. Atkinson, the Rev. Mr. Johnson stated that no steps had yet been taken with regard to the erection of a tablet to com- memorate Bishop Hoare, but the matter wou'd be considered shortly by the Colonial Church Council.
Votes of thanks to the choir and all who assisted in church work concluded the pro- ceedings.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
DEPARTURE OF MR. T. SERCOMBE SMITH.
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ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE.
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*A number of friends assembled on Blake Pier on January 29th to bid adieu to Mr. January 29th was prize-giving day at St, Sercombe Smith, who for the past eighteen Stephen's College, Hongkong, and months has been acting Colonial Secretary of interested attendance of ladies and gentlemen Hoogkong. Mr. Smith left by the was present to witness the proceedings. The Mongolia on nine months' leave of absence, after Colonial Secretary (Hon. Mr. F. II, May) was which he will return to the Straits Settlements announced to preside and distribute the prizes, as Paisue Judge. He entered the Civil Service. but a prior engagement compelled him to be
The as a cadet in 1882, passing in 1886; and has absent.
Ven. Archdeacon Bannister held many acting appointments in the Hoor-occupied the chair and was supported by His 1895, Puisne kong Civil Service being Police Magistrate in Excellency Wu Ting Fang, and the Rev. E. J. Judge in 1896, Colonial Barnett, while among those present were the Treasurer in 1897, C'olonial Secretary Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, Rev. J. H. France, Rev. in 1898 and revertiog back to the Dr. Pearce, Rev. G. A. Banbury, Brother Police Court 88 Magistrate in Jnly Silvester, Mr. 8. W. Tso, and Dr. Wilder, position of Puisas Judge until the Hon. Mr. of that year. From 1904 he again occupied the May left the Colony on leave when he succeeded him as Colonial Secretary Besides being an intelligent and capable official Mr. Sercombe Smith was a keen cricketer, and the services be rendered Hongkong in many interport matches will not readily be forgotten by his comrades of the Cricket Club.
His many friends, while, regretting his departure will | join us in wishing him a pleasant voyage home, and future prosperity in his new sphere of
labour,
PEDESTRIANISM.
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The "Ge as you please" race promoted by the Victoria Recreation Club took place on the 26th January. It will be rem mb red that a desire was expressed here after the last international walking ma'ch at Shanghai that something should be done locally to inaugurate organised proposal was that which emanated a competition ou similar lines, but the only from the V... and there was a about getting suficient judges for a walking d fficulty contest. Therefore “go as you please ordered, and 2 entries for this were received. The preliminary trials of the past, week showed up those who were not in the best of training, Saturday afternoou at 3 o'cloc". A large crowd and only ten came forward to toe the line on
assembled to witness the start from the Cricket ground, where Mr. R. W. Pearson, the starter, got the men away well together. The competi ters were : J. 15. Kinnaird, A. Currie, J. Alves, N. II. R. Alves, D. Soures, R. Stevenson, T. and Private Mill. Kring, A. J. Darby, A. Skinu, L. Corp. Gee
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The course set was: - Start at Cricket ground, thence along Garden Road, to Kennedy Road, along Kennedy Road Village, up to Howen Rand, along to Robinson Wongueicheong
Road and Park Road as far as Rose Villas, taruing into Bonham Road aud Caine Rod and back to Upper Albert Road and Garden Road, finishing past Government Judges were posted at different coutros.
House. They were J. E. Watson, R. W. Pearson, G. II. May, M. A. A. Suzand A. G. Rocha, F. Lammert judging the finish.
The route to be traversed Was 014 that would thoroughly test the slayiu : qualitios of the men, They all went off in a cluster and climbed the first hill at a,s'eady walk. Then the leaders began to stretch out, and Kinnaird, who was fancied by many, fonnd Gre persistent challenger, while Darby looked like business all the time. A few minutes after arrivals as under: o'clock Mr. Lammert timed the first three
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Lance Corpl. Goe, 621 min J. D. Kinnaird, 634 min A. J. Darby, 64 muutes Considering the difficulties of the route the performance must be regarded as extremely good. There was rote nonsen e talked about the winner having had the advantage of a cyclist pace maker, but in a
go as you please ‘ race such protests would seem misplaced.
H.E. Viceroy Shum, it is now reported, has placed himself in such prominence in Peking by his offer. the other day, to make a tour of inspection of the Yangtz riverine provinces in search of auti monarchists and secret society. mon, that an Imperial Rescript has been issued commanding His Excellency to proceed to his new post in Yunnan without further delay.
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The Warden read the annual report in which, after a sympathetic reference to the late. past year, the fourth of their existence, Bishop Hoare, it was stated that during the
there had been 133 scholars in attendance. To meet the requirements of those who were looking forward to a University career olasses had been added in Mechanics, Hydrostatio‹, Political Economy and Latin. With the alteration and re-erection of outbuildings during the mid-summer holidays it was found possible to fit up a temporary laboratory in which the three highest forms were receiving their first lessons in Physics and Chemistry, subjects which were popular. Physical drill had been in abeyance through sundry untoward circumstances. Nevertheless recreation had received its due altention. "The playground had been improved and enlarged by about one-fourth.
In April College sports were held and appreciated. The boys' steady practice tu cricket lid for first time been rewarded with a fair share of success. had been fairly severe in the several forms, and In the final examinations just closed the testa
positions. there had been keen competition for the higher A scrutiny of the figures revealed ibe fact that (including the somstim› absent boys) 25 per cent of the whole school failed to obtain an average of 50 marks; just 25 per cent gained over an average of 75 marks and the other 50 per cent of the boys passed between these extremes. The tests applied, except in the very lowest classes, was an examination in ten written subjects, resulting as follows:-Chau Kwan Lam stands Dux of the College with 8 1,5 per cent. In the V Form two bays tied for first place with 81 par cout, viz; Fung Man Sui and Wan Yik Shing. A similar incident, illustrating the keenness of the contest, occurred in Form IV. Chan Chung Yat and Cheung Fu shum dividing the honours of premier posi. tion with 79 per cent. Cheng Yuen Fin with
par cant leads in Form III, alosely follow d by Yip In Foug with 89. Ia Form II Lam Tung is an easy first with 81 per cent, his chief competitor, Wei Wing Lok, having been laid aside for a fortnight with sickuess. Tam Ting Wing, with 84, and Chau Tsz Wai bracketed with Lan Ting lu (75 per cent) stand first in Forms A & B respectively. After allowance had been made for the fact that the foregoing were incords of their own examinations, they could not but regard the result as indicating honest work both by masters and boys. They were reminded by His Excellency, Sir Matthew Nathen, twelve months ago, that St. Stephen's Collage had not yet seen any of its scholars through the Oxford Senior Examina- tio. The reminder was doubtless both necessary and salutary. To-day this requirement had been Batisfied. When but two years and a half in existence the College passed two boys in tho Junior and one in the Preliminary section. At the end of three and a half years, in July last, the Juniors of last year were advanced into the rank of Seniors, while two others passed the Jauior and three the Preliminary «lage, seven in all, and all Chinese. One of the Seniors, Chau Kwan Lam, obtained the A.A. degree, and was mentioned under English language as having passed in composition in addition to Grammar and Shakespeare's Peory V. Tso Sbin Cheung, the other Senior Cau didate, though too old for the degree, passed well, in siz subjecte. Of the Juniors, Ts'o Shin Fao satisfied the examiners in five subjects. and Wan In Shing in seven, including Higher Mathematics. The Preliminary passes were Chan Ying Wing, our No 1 on the school roll,
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