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hoine. Mr. Snow and Mr. Leslie were then requested to fill their re- spective places. But Mr. Snow being also called away, it became necessary to fill up anew the office of treasurer: Mr. Delano accepted it, at the request of the committee. Mr. King having also left China, Mr. Brown of the Morrison Education Society has undertaken the duties of corresponding, secretary. Though the president, and all but two vice-presidents are at present absent from China, yet as these officers have no specific duties to perform, it has not appeared neces- sary to supply their places.
In conclusion, the committee have to hope, that the Society will feel satisfaction with the proceedings of its agents; and with this hope they now resign their offices into the hards of the meeting.-- They cannot refrain from expressing gratitude to Him whose creatures we all are, for opportunities afforded them of benefiting their fellow- men, while they look forward, with confident expectation to continual- ly enlarging fields of usefulness, and increasing opportunities of con- veying to the minds of their patients the healing influences of moral care, and especially of the hopes that the Gospel alone offers.
ART. V. Report of the Medical Missionary Society's operatios
at Chusan in 1840-41. By W. Lockhart,
THE island of Chusan having been brought under British influence, it was judged desirable, by the committee of the Medical Missionary Society, to send one of its agents to Tinghae, the chief town of that district, with the view of establishing a Hospital there, for the relief of the natives, and for carrying on the objects of the Society, as far as possible, and thus in a new station to test the advantages of this means for obtaining a beneficial influence over the minds of the peo- ple.
Accordingly, the operations of the M. M. S. were commenced at Chusan, September 13th, 1840, and terminated February 22d, 1841; during this period, as will be seen by the list of cases, 3502 patients were attended to.
At the first establishment of the hospital, the inhabitants did not understand its object; but by attention being paid to some of the sick, who were met in the streets, and by explaining to others that me-