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CORRESPONDENCE,
SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE, HONGKONG ANNUAL
* MEETING.
[TO. THE EDITOR: ÓF THE "! HONGKONG
DAILY PRESE,"
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE "THE DIRECTORY AND
SOCIETY.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HONGKONG AUXILIARY, The annual meeting of the Hongkong Auxiliary takes place to-morrow at 15 p.m. at the Helens May Institata. The Bishop of Victoris will provide and ad- dresses will be given by the Rev. G. R. Lindsay, M.A., and Mr. Shushi Hva, BLA
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CHRONICLE
The Directory and Chronicle” makes ite fifty-eighth annual appearance to-day. It is being issued rather later than usual this year, but the delay is due solely to the determination of the compilers to bring the volume thoroughly up-to-date and therefore means a gain to the sub-
S-I should feel greatly obliged, if You would, kindly publish the following for the information of the members of the above society. I feel quite justified in publishing the correspondence and.com ments on samo owing to the extremely short notic. The first advertisement ap posred in the morning papers of Satur day last, none being in the evening.papera and the meeting is to take place today, 15th inst., at 8.30 ToJohn Bentley
Hon. Secretary
Society of St. Georgio Hongkong DKAR S18,-I see that the annual meet-enca in former years pave boon followed,000 pages,, exclusive of advertisements, ing of the above society is advertised to the clear aims and established policy of or 120 more than last year. All the fami ba: heid on Monday next; 15th.inst the Bible Society have been kept steadily Har feature which have made this work Would you be good enough to inform me in view; and paticat endeavour has not of reference indispensable in every busi
(1)Whether the repost, and statement been wanting to quicken and deepen in the of accounts which is to be placed Chinese local Churches, appreciation of before the members at the meeting the place which the Bible Society holds bas, been circulated amongst the in relation to the Church in many lands. members.
I have not received a Changes always incident to life in the Colony have affected the personnel of this copy (2)-Whether a list of members has boon Committee, of the Ladies Committee and circulated so that members can of the Depot control. Today's list of choose for themselves who they clergy and ministers of local Churches, consider best to serve on the couron whose advocacy of its claims this Whether, if the report and Auxiliary is accustomed to rely, is further accounts have not been direnlated gostire of changes within this sphere. clause (a) of the Agenda is not It is the more satisfactory to add that, out of order, as it will be impos for helpers hold in grateful memory, for sible to give notice of business their works' sako, during residence, her which might arise out of a report, worthy sucesors have been found. As a etc., which will not be seen by any result activities were well maintained and of the members, excepting the the Treasurer's statement indicates a fur committee, until the meetingther advance in the amount contributed Thanking you for amply from Hongkong to the British and Yours truly,
Foreign Bible Society. "B. L. FROST [REPLY.]
tion to say thas not more than one-third ribers. It is probably not an exaggera Following is the Report of the Commit of the names in the alphabetical-index- tos for the year 1919, which bears the extending over 175 pages-remain un The familiar red covers contain some signature of the Bar. T. W. Pearce, as changed from last year. Honorary Secretary:-
Mebods of service approved by axperi- 1,6
mitton.
To B. L, Frost, Esq.
Prosent
DEAR SIR-In reply to your letter of to-day's date, for which I am obliged
would atate that:-
(1)No report or statement of accounts has been circalated to any mom
bors
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At the meeting members will receive the report of the Commit tee in the Chairman's speech.
Copies of the accounts will be available for such of the members as "may attend the meeting.
This is in accordance with pre- cedent and does not confiet with the rules of the Society. (2)-No list of members has been re cently circulated to members. ahall be picased to give you inspec. tion of my fist, which is up-to date, if you wish to me it (3)-Lou mis-interpret the meaning of
Mem clause (d) of the agenda bers are not required to give the notice of any ther business..
Notice
means notice given to membara.
So far no notice of any other business has been sent to members or advertised — Yours faithfully,
Bible Sanday in the Churches was duly observed. Information, in English and in Chinese, furnished by the Society's Chint Agency in Shanghai, was placed in its effective dissemination. It is pro- at the disposal of those chiefly concerned per to emphasize In this connection the value in Hongkong of pamphlet, litera- ture, containing the most recent sum- maries of incidents and events within the field of translation and distribution..
nesa house of importance in the Far East are retained. For the first time since the war the ships-and, as far as known, the personnel of H.B.M's, Squadron in these alters are enumerated, as well as the S. Asistic Squadron and, the Japanes Navy. With the return of more normal conditions, also, it has been found possible to restore the coloured maps of the prin ipal, ports and European settlements in the Far East Naturally, in a work intended as a vade mecum to merchants, the revised Chinese Customs. Tariff has been embodied.
The 1919 edition wes completely sold out, and, although additional copies have been printed this year, there are already indications that the supply will not be quad to the demand To avoid die should be made by those who have not yet sppointment, therefore, early application sent in their requisitions.
BRITISH CONSULAR APPOINT
..MENTS
CHANGES IN CHINA.
The following appointments are noti- fed:-
Issues of Scriptures, from the Depot.in Lower Wyndham Street, reached a total of 5,514 copice. This includes Bible, New Testaments, and separate Fortions, ¡ in English, in Chinese and in other langu age Western and Eastern. There was
Mr. Frederick E. Wilkinson has been received from sales the sum of $1,346190.
further 310 copies of the Scriptures appointed Consul for the Consalar dis wera circulated from the Depot in Eau-trict of Mukden. loong. Within the limits of this Hong- Long Sub-agency covering an extensive are, there were sold, under the supervi sion of missionaries, 84,477 copies of the Scriptures and by colporteurs, under the direction of the Society's Sub-Agent, 15,310 copies. In Indo-China, a territory comprised within the same Sub-Agency 29,794 copies of the Scriptures were placed in circulation.
Marked Taprovement in the appoints JOHN BENTILY, Ements of the Hongkong Depot affording Hon Secretary increased and attractive facilities for the From the above it will be seen that transaction of business, have been made another farce is about to take place in an annual meeting of & Society, who by a realously sympathetic adviser to misaborship, I am informed, stands at over whom this Auxiliary has long been indebt 400, being held without proper notice, anded for the wisest personal concern in this the committee elected without the majority branch of its operations. of the members knowing who the other members are.
Bays
Mr. Berthold G. Tours, C.M.G., Consul for the Consular district of Amoy.
Mr. Herbert A. Ottewill, Consul for the Consular district of Foochow.
Mr. Victor L Savage, Consul for the Consular district of Chinking.
Mr. George Combe, Consal for the Con
district of Hangchow.
F. Handley-Derry, to be Henry Vice Consul in China Consuler district of Bwatow
Mr. Harold F. King, Consul for the
in Claude C. A. Kirke, Consul for the. Consular district of Cheloo ang a
Mr. Charles D. Smith, Consul for the Consular district of Wum.
Mr. Harold J. Harding, to be Vico. Consul in China.
TIONS,
INFORMATION FOR PROBATIONERS.
During the period under review men- bers of this Auxiliary have enjoyed the In Mr. Bentley's reply to my letter be advantage, on which they set a value, of AMENDED GAOL REGULA
"Copies of the accounts will be consultation with the Rev. H. E. Ander available for ruch members as may attend son, the B. FB. S. Sub-Agent having hist the meeting, so that if only 20 members headquarters in Hongkong. Mr. Ander attend, which is quite likely to happen, son's Report for the year deals with the more extended endeavours of the Society owing to the way the meeting has been called then only 20 members out of more by colportaze on the railway, on ships and then 400, will be officially informed as to boats and in the thickly populated dis how the finances of the Society are used..
tricts lying to the South of the West Bule 12 reads: "Every general meeting River, Kwongtung, where emigrant shall be convened by advertisement Chinese, returned from America and Aus aball be given; but the Committoo have the power, in casts they consider argent, to give a shorter notion,"
The Prison Regulations have been amended as follows:-
By adding at the end of Bule 100 the follows:
"The services of any subordinate officer
Seven clear days' notion of such | Gralia, are now found in large numbers may however be dispensed with at any
Part of Mr. Anderson's work has been etoto stimulate Bible study and to urge upon
I cannot imagine the urgency of calling Chinese converts the duty of voluntary an annual general meeting at practically colportage. two days notice, unless the idea is to keep the attendance as small as possible.
Clause (d) Rule 10 reads: To trans act any other business of which informa tion has been given, either in the form of an advertisement convening the meet ing or in a notice to members.
Clause (a) of the advertisement reads: To transect any other business of which das notice has been given.
lica of notice." By repealing Bule 101 and substituting therefor the following
time during his period of probation if be is found unfitted, for the post in which offence rendering him liable to dismissal case he shall unless, he has committed an In mattors of moment, farming alsnall be entitled to one month's notice of one section of this Report, should be found month's salary. aids to faith that quicken the desire of
"101: Every subordinate officer may at service with the Bible Society in bene cent operations, having for their one aim. the uplift of humanity through the knew the expiration of his period of probation ledve of God in the Scriptures of Truth and before being put on the permanent The Bible Society commented its work staff be required to enter into an engage in Chisz in 1912, with a rant of 5500 for ment to servo in such capacity for a I think anyone used to attending such printing Dr. Morrison's translation of period of not more than 6 years and meetings as this one will agree that this the New Testament, the first copies of during the period of such engagement he obviously means that only business of which were put into troulation in 1914. shall not be entitled to quit the service due notice has been given can be In the 104 years since that date, ending without the permission of the Governor, with 1918, the circulation of the Scrip Il however during the period of his discussed
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have naked quite a number of members tures by this Society in Chiae had reach engagement may subordinate officer shall to perform his duties owing to any reason whether they were attending the meeting ed a total of over thirty six and a ball in the opinion of the Governor be unfit and most of them knew nothing about it, million copies.
The Society's catalogue of editions for not amounting to an offence the Governor some of them owing to the fact that they took the evening paper only.
its China Amey now includes transla shall have the power to terminate the I trust that as many members who can tions into Weali, Mandarin, and the engagement by giving to such subordinate Ningno Tai- offer one month's notice or paying to NEW SUMMER HATS will allend the meeting and provent the following Vernaculara:
usmal farce of the retiring committee chow, Kienning. Kienraa Foochow him one month's salary in lieu of notice. being elected en blossome have already Amoy, Swatow, Canton. Hakka, Hainan, In the case of any subordinate officer com- gone away and insist on a list of met Tibetan, Mongolian. Mancha, Mancha mitting an offence he shall be liable to bors being circulated before the new com Chinos Kalmuk, Arabic and Chinese dismissal without notice and shall forfeit
(diglot) -Changchin Hwa Mino, Laka, any nay theo dne to him
3. By repealing Rulo 314. and substitut Lisu and Kopa. The last five langus Tea mentioned are those of non-Ching tribes ing therefor, the following:-
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HIRED ASSASSINS.
MEN PAID TO ASSAULT.
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in the provinces of Yunnan and Kwei-314. The name of every prisoner irres- pective of his age sentenced to imprison
cherwe
The latest Report of the Bible Society ment for a term exceeding ten years shall received here from its headquarters in be submitted for the consideration of the London, tells of 4:700,000 books Led Governor-in-Council, after he has served An evil that the Police are trying to during a twelve months period, more than seven, ten filicen and twenty yours.. put a stop to at the present moment is 1.500.000 being in English There were "The Medical Officer shall report in each and physical and whether imprisonment the constans hiring of ruffians to do the circulated, in Japan 1,950.000, in Korea cane the condition of the prisoner mental dirty work of Chinese who have grudges 800.000, and in China 3,000,000. against cach other. One such case was
Commencing in August 1914 and con- appears to have had or in his opinión may brought to light at the Magistracy, o tinuing until the end of the Great War, be likely to have an injurious effect on the Saturday, when a Chinese was charged more than 8,000,000 volumes in over eighty prisoner's condition. with severely assaulting a compatriot Languages were distributed among m
The situation will, the Committee is The parties were strangers to each other batants, prisoners of waz and toebers and it was the opinion of Inspector of labour battalions. Macdonald of West Point, that defendant The Society is now faced with the reasured, not appeal in vain to the had been hired to commit the assault by construction of the work in Central Society's constituency in the Colony.A a Triad Society, which evidently had a Europe and energency editions of the privilege is afforded of supporting Bible grudge against complainant. The In- Scrinturas are in preparation for the work, through a channel long recognized specter informed the Magistrate that that Cracho-Slovaks Toka, Rumanians and and approved the duty of doing this is sort of thing was becoming very common, Yego-Slar Outlook for the future is devolved on all who find in the Scriptures but the assailants were rarely arrested complicated by the world wide increase in a main source of inspiration and instruc Ha therefore, presand for a heavy the cont of cramodities and labour, and tion for the right and worthy conduct of penalty
by the difficulties of exchange RAMO
Defendant was months hard labour
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