The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-12-11

hlang River, and are The contribu-
lions oil the Chinese themselves. To
the right of the reading room is a
small room containing the safe, and
BOOK depository, and another to be
used as class room. A fine map,
hung in the class room, deserves
more than q passing notice. 1t is
the work of Chinese native preacher
IN Canton city, and is a very elabo-
rate piece of typographical exccu-
ton, with large amount of informa-
ton appended, relating TO the coun-
try. The map is that of Quang
lung (broad cast) Province. Near
the center is Canton, and on the
southeast stands lIongkong. The
province has population of 20,-
600, 900, and is the sole seat of
Chinese emigration. The Chinese
of the Australian Colonies, the
Pacific Coast and the Hawaiian
Islands are all from Quang Tung,
and no Chinese emigrate from any
other province. Looking at the
map, Mr.. F. w. Damon remarked
that he had traversed nearly every
district of Quang Tung, particularly
those from which the Chinese come
here. Two doors open from the
reading room and class room into
hall running across the flat, and
from which two corridors dividing
this part of the building into three
sections, lead back to the rear
verandah. Between the corridors
are store-room and three lodging
rooms, and the two side sections are
divided equally into eight lodging
rooms. These lodging rooms will
be let at reasonable rates to passing
and sojourning members, also to
residents if necessary.
The greater portion of the upper
flat consists of a fine audience room,
~ by SO feet, with a verandah in
front. Overhead, above the plat
form is large sign-board, with the
title of the institution {" Yau Hok
Kituk Ching To vi" cut in relief
in large Chinese characters and
beautifully gilt. A pair of tablets,
one on each side of the platform
reach from the ceiling to the floor,
with balanced inscriptions, forming
q dui, whatever that means. 1t is
a special piece of literary craft
among the Chinese to construct
dui. 1t may aid the occidental bar
barian to understand the dui, to re-
mark that every character on the
one tablet must be balanced by
corresponding one, on the other.
The idea of pairing or balancing
pervades all Chinese notions of
arrangement. When Mr.. Damon
put up q clock on the wall, China
mans taste was offended because
he had not "balanced" it with
another clock opposite! Each tablet
has eight characters, the first four
being portions of maxims quoted
from Confucius, the other four COM
pleting the maxim and giving it a
Christian application. The inscrip-
tons as nearly as they can be rem
dered in English are,-The pure
heart the purified body is obtained
through reliance on Jesus Christ;
"balanced" on the other tablet with
That which leads to virtue and to
propriety of life is q belief IN the
Gospel. This dui is considered an
able feat in Chinese composition,
and was performed by Mr.. To Teng
U, preacher in the Chinese church
and teacher of the boys school.
From the upper rear verandah is
obtained view of that magnificent
natural panorama made up of the
Pail, Punchbowl and the Nuuanu
valley.
In the rear of the building, there
is a small court around which is
erected a group of neat buildings,
one being for the use of poor and
destitute Chinese who may be
otherwise unprovided for; one con-
tanning rooms for women, wives of
members; third is a kitchen with
corrugated iron roof and a small
dining room and plate closet adjoin-
ing.
There are about 800 members in
Honolulu and the other islands, and
a few in China. The building cost
about $4,000. The Chinese sub
scriptions amounted to some $4,000.
Friends in this city have put up
about $1,000 more. The society
has a lot of land at Palama, on
which it was proposed to place q
mortgage for $4,000. However, on
the intention to mortgage becoming
known, two gentlemen who had
already given 500 each promised
to double their subscriptions if other
contributors would raise the re-
mainder of the sum required before
the first of April, without having
recourse to a mortgage. The Chinese
themselves are doing all in thell
power to pay everything off. The
probabilities are that the required