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Morrison Education Society.

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ART. V. The Third Annual Report of the Morrison Education

Society: read September 29th, 1841.

THE third annual meeting of the MORRISON EDUCATION SOCIETY was held at the residence of Rev. S. R. Brown, in Macao, on Wednesday the 29th September, 1841. The following gentlemen were present, Messrs. L. Dent, J. Matheson, W. Bell, E. Moller, S. W. Williams, W. A. Lawrence, B. Hobson, and the Rev. Messrs. E. C. Bridgman, W. J. Boone, W. C. Milne, D. Ball, J. L. Shuck, and S. R. Brown. In the absence of the recording secretary, Mr. Brown was requested to act in his place pro tem.

The President, Mr. Dent, having taken the chair, addressed the meeting to the following effect :

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Looking to the long period that has clapsed since our last meeting, I consider it necessary to offer a few preliminary observations before our report is submitted to the meeting, and 1 regret to perceive it is so small, arising from the dispatch of several vessels this day, and other local occurrences, which I know have prevented the attendance of many friends of the Society. The peculiar circumstances that have caused the irregularity in our meetings are too well known to require explanation. Indeed, it is a matter of surprise that the Society has been able to struggle through the difficulties it has had to contend with, during the last three years; and our present position is greatly owing to the exertions and good management of the Corresponding and Recording Secretaries, to whom were necessarily intrusted the interests of the Society, and the other trustees have had little further to do, than to express satisfaction and sanction their acts. The trus tees have heretofore been unable to encourage the friends of the Society by exhibiting any very flattering results, but have had to bespeak their patience until the slow but (they felt) sure course they were adopting had time to develop itself. I have now, however, the pleasure to an. nounce the commencement of active operations. Our valued corres. pondents in America, professors Silliman, Goodrich, and Gibbs, of

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