The Archive · 1873

The new. Light-house on Turnabout

Island was formally opened on the 10th instant. The light is, we believe, exactly siniilar to that on Shaweishan, but the whereas that on the former iron. The light-house on Turnabout is buil€ of stone,

can beseen 23 miles. Th of first lighting was performed by Mrs. Glover, the wife of the missioner of Customs at Foochow—this being, we believe, the first time that similar eclat has been given to an occasion of the kind. We hear that a Lighthouse on the Lammocks will be commenced, directly the finishing touches to the one at Turnabout are completed.

So far as we have been able to ascertain, the cruise of H.B. M. gunboat Dwarf in search of the lorcha Mandarin, has been uns Mr. H, J. Allen, the Vice-Consul at Pagods Anchorage, who accompanied the vessel, returned on the 13th instant, by the str. Kwangtung. The Kioto Exhibition Troupe of Japanese arrived here by the str. Dragon last trip. Their first attempt at an exhibition in Foochow:

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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