The Statistical Department has favoured the draft telegraphed some time ago will have reached and been availed of. The us with a copy of the Chinese edition of China Inland Mission has sent Tis, 500 the list of buoys, beacons and lighthouses to-day in answer to the above with the established and maintained by this govern-promise of more. The famine Relief Comment. The book contains an excellent mittee will doubtless direct its efforts in sketch map of the coast of China with the behalf of Moukden and the neighbourhood.
Mr. H. M. Hillier begs to acknowledge of the Chinese compass, a coloured chart lights and their range marked, a, drawin with thanks the following subscriptions to the monthly variations of the Woosung Bar, the North-China Famine Relief Fund and a diagram of the depth of water at Amounts of subseri the Bar at spring and neap tides, Tis, s_!
The report of the Peking Hospital, in connection with the London Missionary 514.22 3,173.20 'A friend per Comp-Society, ie the year peated ye us toit d'Escompte de in a well-printed pamphlet of 26 pages, Paris..
25.00 Rather: more than! 20,000 ite the Dispensary during' the year, of whom patients visited about $000 were. new enses, "while. 270
Subseri tions from 5 14,400.00 own homes. Al) this good work was dono 158 visits were paid to Patients at their patienta were received into the wards, and
Hambury per MIN ona total expenditure of Tls. 772.50, the Siemesers & Co...<, 2,000.00 income having been Tls. 841,30; and as the Ewen Cameron, Esq. "900,00 Sums under $10.
64.70. 11s. 87.97, it closed with a balance carried ear was begun with a balance in hand of
ised Des o tawn mainly from' the lower and middle 70 forward of Ts 16.77. The patients were 72,139.22 8,287.90 classes of Manchus or Chinese in Poking The China Island Mission sent Tls. 7,000 or its vicinity. Not infrequently Chinese on Monday to Chefoo pers.s. Taitcan for the from different parts of the province, or still Shantung Famine—this added to the pre- more distant places, put in an appearance vious remittances make a total of Tls. 10,000 having come up-to the capital on official, forwarded by this Mission to Shantung. literary, or mercantile business.
Very The China Inland Mission received yes- occasionally there has been a sprinkling of terday another remittance from London of, Mongolians, Coreans, and Nepaulese. The £600 for the famine fund. notes in the report on medical and surgical
the Shanghai Race Club was held at the interest to professional readers. The author The annual meeting of the members of eases occuring during the year, will be of Shanghai Club yesterday evening. The ' of the pamphlet has not found the reported accounts were accepted and passed, the difficulty in obtaining access to women who Stewards and Balloting Committee of last required attendance. A small educational Fear were re-lected, and after a little work is being done, which itis hoped to business the meeting closed with a vote of extend. There are some very sensible rethanks to the Chairman and Stewards.
The Annual General Meeting of No. 3, it is not easy to gather what success was marks on the cure of the opium habit, but Company, S.V.C., was held at the Muni- achieved with the 125 patients admitted for cipal Council Board Room on Thursday: this purpose. Evangelistieworkis, of course, the 14th inst. The minutes of the last. a prominent feature, and it is spoken of meeting were read and signed, and the ac- hopefully; nowhere are there so good opcounts, as circulated, were confirmed. 'The portunities for this as in the wards of a following gentlemen' were elected to serve, hospital.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.