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occupied by the Pó Léung Kuk for other purposes, and there is no early prospect of the society being able to remove from its present quarters. These have been found to be most unsuitable. They are overlooked by the houses on the opposite side of the street, are difficult of access and afford no means of separating the various classes of inmates.

The society is anxious to make use of a site which is within the Taipingshan Resumption Area, but no arrangement has been concluded.

The rooms have been visited regularly by Mr. THURBURN and Mr. Нo Fook, the two visiting justices appointed by the Governor.

Nine meetings of the Permanent Board have been held. Two members of the Managing Com- mittee are invited to be present at each meeting.

In accordance with regulation No. 18, the accounts of the society and a statement of the assets and liabilities on the 31st December last are forwarded for His Excellency's consideration as also a declaration of the truth of the statement by Messrs. LEUNG PUI-CHI and WAI Long-shan.

The accounts have been kindly audited by Messrs. TANG WING-SING, of the Mercantile Bank, and TÁM LUI-TS'UNG of the UN FAT HONG. They show a balance to the credit of the society of $30,215.83.

The $20,000 granted by the Government as a building fund are on deposit with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, and being granted for a special purpose and in the charge of the Colonial Treasurer are not entered in the accounts.

The society has to thank the Tung Wa Hospital for generously continuing to defray the cost of feeding its wards.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

30th March, 1895.

President.

HO KAI,

Vice-President.

$3 Stanp

We, LEUNG PUI-CHI and WAI LONG-SHAN, members of the Board of Direction of the Pó Leung Kuk Incorporated Society, do solemnly and sincerely declare that the attached statement of the assets and liabilities of the above society on the 31st December, 1894, marked A and signed with our names on the 18th March, 1895, is a true statement, and we make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of "The Statutory Declarations Act, 1835."

LEUNG PUI-CHI.

WAI LONG-SHAN.

Declared by the declarants LEUNG PUI-CHI and WAI LONG-SHAN, at Victoria, Hongkong, this 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, through the the interpretation of LI HONG MI, of Hongkong, the said LI HONG Mr having been also first declared that he had truly, distinctly and audibly interpreted the contents of this document to the said declarants and that he would truly and faithfully interpret the declaration about to be administered unto them.

Before me,

BRUCE SHEPHERD, J.P.

Victoria.