The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-07-11 00:00:00

WEYMOLT rti AND DOINET. COUNTY UOYAL

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EYE INFIRMARY.
The thirty•fifth anniversary of this most valuable
in.tittition was held on Monday last, at the Board
MAD. nitre wore present :—Dr. Rhode?. surgeon; Mr.
.1.43. Mileage, Mayor, Mr. Jas. Maunders, scoretary, Dr.
itis, G. Awirewe, i. dr.e.
The bUtyor was milled to the chair.
Dr. Htiongs to narked in a preliminary conversation,
that tbeir new building will be fit for occupation in
about six months from the present time.
The committee's report was as follows:—
Your C vuonittee In presenting their Thirty fifth Annual
iteport, eon drat aisle themselves and the subscribers generally
on the great benefit c inferred on 425 afflicted perions within
the lad year, a large number of whom have had the blessing
of eve-eight redtored to them. It is hardly necessary to enlarge
on the subject of DiVallel of the Eye. or to prove how impor-
tant it la to support au Institution of this kind for the sake of
the 'Wieling poor. Everyone admits that sight Is the most
taluable of the sews,. ; that without it the other faculties and
vii lossiments lone half their value; that It is the great inlet of
knowledge, and that without it wisdom at one entrance is quite
shut oat. The rich can purchase tho all and services of others;
the middle and lower cluses, with minds uncultivated and
incapable of tabour, too often become a burden to themselves
and those around them The most calamitous results have
frequently occurred from the want of those means and appli-
ances which no private arrangements can supply. No lam than
Id 3 in-patients and 275 out-patients have been admitted during
the past car. which, with the 47 on the books at the last
annual meeting, make • total of 12.5 poor persons who have,
more or less, experienced the benefit of this Institution during
the put year, and which make a grand total of 10,03 ance
its eisablislinvent. A patient continuance in well-doing
accomplib match, and lot thaw, that have hitherto been eyes
to the blind, in the support of this Institution, rest assured
that the blessing of Him who was ready to perish will come
upon them, and above all, that His blessing, that alone maketif
rich, will abundantly reward them, tot Is has said,. It is
more blessed to give than to receive."

Dr. RINDIGI read the medical report, as follows :

Admitted from July, 180. to July, 1871, for dioceses of the
eye, 103 In-patient., and 275 out-pationts, snaking a total of
372: Under b years of age, Si ; from sto 10, 3) ; 10 to 20, 89 ;
20t03,70. 30 to 40,30 ; 40 to 50, 40; 53 to 00, 23; GO to 70,
22; 70 and upwards, 5; total 378. Remaining on the books at
the last annual meeting, 47. Total under care during the last
year. 423. Of these have been dlschar.red cured. 270 ; relieves),
03; not relieved, 34; Irregular, 13; remaining under treat-
ntost, 43; total 423. Total number of patient.s admitted since
the opening of the Inflenory In lin outptti. Its. 9)5: ; in-
patients, 1918; total 10,97.1 Discharge I cured, 8.41; r 11,ved,
; not relieved, 719; irregular, 22.5; on the bo elts, 49, total,
10,973.
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The report was unanimously adopte
Mr. ANDarws, in place of the Treisurc.r, W. Dint,
E.g., produced the (leant:dal report, which was rold by
the Mayor :
TaIASOLIVeI AC7OI.7IIT.—Dr, 1970. July 4, &dance to the
Treasurer, £337. Id. 1.71 July 3, Diet money. ell 12. 0.1
rioting, itc., CU 34 114; sundrle., td ; bread, L4l 1. 101
washing, £2 IS. 191; secretary, Ell 7.; In.uranco, G. 91
coals, 1:10 11. ; drugs, .El 4 6.61; furniture, Cc.. £7 Int 7J
for purchase of alte, L 500; balance In hand. Ell 14. ii
Total, £772 10. 72.—Cr. 1970. October 10, Dichltnd on batik
.tock (C 431 (6), £lO 10. 191. 1971. April b, Ditto, ditto,
CIO 10. 191; July 3, .uhseriptlons and donalloo., £192 14.0.1;
per Rev. Mr. Capd, Wareham, £2 ; Rev. Mr. Pigott, Wyke,
£2 13.; St. James's church, Poole, El 5. 10.1; St. John',
church, Weymouth, ; Holt church, per Rey. C. Onalote.
£2 ; proceed. of concert, per Mr. Ilaklauf, £5; 11,nday
fopulsx Eotcrtalument, CI le ; Mrs. 1111. ton's legacy, £9)O,
lc.. legacy duty, £2O, £140; Sa‘lnire bank, £.113 15. 72.
Total, £772 14n 72.
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The following resolution, wore unanimously
adopted :-
1.-" That the report of the committee of Governon-the medical
report—and Ow Treasurer'. general statement of aceoutits,now
read, be received and adopted, and a copy forwanital to each
subscriber." 2.—" That the cordial thankn of this meeting be
given to Dr. Rhode., for hit mod Oil dent and gratuiteuit
or. ler. nohurvou to the lustitution duriog the past year, and
that he be requeited to continue the smile duriog the coming
vcor." 3.—." That the thank, of this meeting be given to John
*Fox, E.g., for his leadlnea• In affording hie kind nervier, as
co...ilium: surgeon, whenever called upon." That the
thanks of this nt-eting lie given to the itee. TAMA Weaves,
for his hervices as choplain to this Institution. and th it he be
reiplekted i. c the same (luring the ensuing year. 6.
That the thonks of this meeting are dot, and are hereby
tendered, tohYilhiam Ehit, E.q., the treasurer of the Institu-
tion, for the care MIA ZOSI shown by him In that office." o.
Teat the thank. of the :amulet; be given to the committee
of Governors, for the past year, awl that they b.: requested to
act again In that mpa:lty during the ensuing year." "That
Henry Devenish, Em., be requested to act on the committee
In place of his deceased father, J. A. Davedish, Esq., and W.
Brymer, Esq., In place of his deceased father, John Droller,
Esq." "That the thanks of this meeting be given to the
Mayor for the able manner In which ha hal discharged the
duties of chain], tn."
Dr. itnonzi, in concluding the meeting, sail that all
he had to report was tho very satisfactory working of
the Institution. Everything had goao on well and
with perfect smoothness during the past year. They
could not but regard the transactions of the past year
as of a nature very eventful to the InAitution, and
espeoially in connection with the new building. Ile
trusted their next meeting truld b 3 half in the now
Institution in King-street, and it would be a very
deiirablo change. It wee to bo hoped that the Press
and everyone els, would take an interest 111 the matter,
and endeavour to make the facts roblie, and inerees 3
the subscriptloni—(ll'or). From his friend Dr. It': ho
hal receivel very valuable assistance ia ilie3ll aging his
duties during the past year—(applause). Te,re was
ono matter he wished to notice. They had hal eon.
tribotions from various ohurehes ; but their own church
contributed nothing towards the support of the Infir-
mary. They had had contributions from fit. John's and
Tinily; but although Mr. °reeves is chaplain of this
Infirmary, and has bacn repeatedly appealed to, tho
Institution has reeeivel no contribution from the
offertory of St. Mary's. Again, he notie-d, that
although they had so many patients swot from unions,
only the Illandford Union gives any rca'stance to the
rued+. When they considered that 'nosy poor people
mono in almost blind, and are suit out with useful
'islets, thereby taring considerable espouse, he thought
Boards of Guardians shooll contrinute towards the
support of the Institution—(hee; bear).

BRITISEi AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of the Weymouth ausiliary
of this world-wile ieiety was h 'ld on Monday evening
last, at the National Schoolroom, the Rev. Talbot
Greases in the chair. There were also on the platform
the flv. R. S. Ashton, Independent minister, Colonel
Rowlaudson, and the Rev. A M. W. Christopher,
rector of S. Aldate's. tlifori, while in the body of the
room were several ministers of various denominations.
A hy.nn was sew, and tie Rev. R. S. Ashton offaed
prayer, after which the CLIAIRMAN bitty opened the

inejting.
Mr. C. F. ARDEN read the following report of the
Weymouth Atauoiation

Dr.—Receipts-1870, July 5, Collection at Annual Mooting,
£l3 11. 11 ; Free Contribution, Portland, £2) 74 74 • Fm
Contribution, Abbotsbury, £lO 13s 4d; (limey and BrOuthrey
Attlee's/ion, £l5: Free Contribution, Chickerell, ,C 3 94 ;
Collections at Langton Bening, 1:1 13. 3,11; Ladies' A...As-
ti in, Free Contribution, £l3 5. ; Collection. at Preston
Church, CS 18. tid ; Offertory at St. Mary', Church, L2O 1. 3.1;
B.le account £74 4,91, Ice Sherren'. Bill £7 14s 2.1, 10, 44;
Subscriptions, SS per 114, £39 9. ad ; total, LNG Os 81 Cr.—
Expenditure—Expenses of nteetings, £2 18. 31; Ladies' Asso-
ciation, overpaid last year, £3 11; Iteinitted to Bible Society,
£18; Parent Society for Wok., .£77 15. tel • Balance in
hand, £144 164. The sales at the depository had been 521
Bitten, and 400 portions of Scripture.
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The Rev. A. M. \V. CEIRISTOPEICR felt very thankful
in being spared to visit them on behalf of a society
without which the Church Missionary Society and other
societies would be very badly off. The majority of
Scriptures in the languages in which they carrbd on
operations, were supplied by the Bible Society.
viewing the work on Sc. Continent during the put
year, he said every change in the governments, whether
by • revolution in Spain or Italy, or in the action of the
government of Austria, had been connected with • freer
circulation of the Word of God, and no country le now
formally closed against the society's work. In Italy
31,000 copies of Scriptures and portions of Scripture
had been circulated, and whereas in Home you could
not pun:maul the Bible under • very largo sum, now it
is there frecly mold at • low prick., and the Italian
National Guard had now sworn allegiance to the King
of Italy on the Bibb. instead of the crucifix. as before.
In Austria, where the store of books belonging to the
Bible Society was marched out in 186 i, with a guard of
used bayonets, 7011,000 upon or the scripture had
been circulated since that time. Into Portugal it was
forbidden to import the Bible ; but it was now printed
in the country and 4.000 sold. In Spain the number
aold last year vie 18,000. In France Monsieur de
Busaucy had had been 37 years at work, and had
empbyed betwem 1,300 and 1,400 Bible hawkers,
three-quarters of them converts from Popery. Ho had
placed 12 qualified colportours in the army on the
German frontier, who perievered in their work, though
exposed to Insults and danger on suspicion of
going German spies. Dnritg the siege eight ool-
porteurs worked in Paris, and circulated 53,300,
and in France 472,000 copies of the Scriptures had
been disposed of in whole or in part. In Germany
72,000 complete Bibles, 575,494 testaments, and 366,716
portions, making more than • million Scriptures. The
work in the German army is very great ; it included ,
977,262 combatants,and about 116,000 trained land wohr,
from the North German Confederation, with 200,000
from Bavaria, Baden. and Wortemburg. and besides
the Germane there were on an averagd half-a-million of
Fran& soldiers, making about 1,700000 men in arms
to labour among. Among theme men up to the end of list
year, and before the terrible battles around Paris there
had fallen 16,666 German dead, and 77,564 derman
wounded, of whom a large number had since died.
Betides these there were the losses around Paris, and
the French losses, and these facts should induce us to
do all we can to oppose the spread of a warlike spirit,
and this could be done in a most effectual way by pro.
meting the advance of the Bible, for in proportion as
the Bible penetrate. will the people be averse from war
—(hear). Pluming to Turkey, In Constantinople 2,699
had been sold, and many converts made, and one of the
happieet.looking men hoover saw was a converted Turk
who had lost mush for Christ; who had lived in luxury
for 40 years, but who was cut off by his noel° without
• coin for becoming a Christian. Speaking of the work
in India,
•ho noes how Bishop Corrie when he came
first, and did not know the language, got his moonshee
to write texts of Scripture, and gave them away at the
door, and these texts bad been the means of converting
a native who never saw a missionary till on his death.
bed. Of China he toll some interesting anecdotes of
conversion by the Scriptures, and concluded by urging
every one to collect or do something for the society..
As Mr. Muller, of the Orphanage, said, "The secret
of all true work for God is joy in the Lord." The
of the next life will be doing for Jesus, may
lirChtThappiness of every one who is looking to Jesus
now—(applause):
Colonel ROWLANDIKM said the society carries out the
glorious principle of the Evangelical Affiance—the
eceninsuden of saints. There are ties which unite all
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