There is being erected provisionally in the garden of the French Cunsulate-General a monument for the cemetery of the French soldiers and sailors who died at Kelung during the French occupation in 1884-85. This monument, which is composed of pyramid of Suuchow granite, resting on a base of the same stone, has been constructed by the care and under the superintendence of M. Blondin, Engineer to the French Municipality, well known for his devotion to every patriotic work, This monument is the exact reproduction of another constructed at Shanghai last month, which the French man-of-war Inconstunt went recently to erect on the Pescadore islands, in the cemetery of the French sailors who died on the islands during their occupation by Admiral Courbet. We may recall the fact that the illustrious Admiral himself is among the number of the sailors who died at the Pescadores. There is already a monument consecrated to this event in one of the cemeteries, at the very gate of the city of Makung. Another cemetery, situated at a distance, has remained until how unprovided with any memorial.
The Tnconstout was charged with the duty of filling this void. The vessel left Shanghai on the 25th of November with the monument all prepared. The captain took with him to assist in his mission M. Guillien as interpreter, by the kind perm sion of the Consul-General M. Wagner, and Colomb, superintendent of public works on the French concession, kindly placed at his disposal by the president of the Municipality, for the details of the erection of the monument.
The Chinese authorities on the Pescadores, who had been thoughtfully apprise ed by M. Ristelhueber, French Charge affaires at Peking, received the mission in the most courteous manner. The usual visits and salutes were exchanged between the captain of the Inconstant and the Governor. The latter was good enough to place at the disposal of the captain a junk and thirty Chinese sailors for the discharge and transport of the materials which were too heavy for the man-of-war's boat The work being pushed on actively was finished in three days. Before leaving Makung Roads the captain inaugurated the
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.