cly profession, Mr. Strachan, arrived in Shanghai. His first building was on the site of the Old Makalee but has been greatly altered. He introduced a marked style of his own, a version of the so-called Greek at that' period fashionable in England, A good specimen of his style is the hong formerly occupied by George Barnet & Ca., now the Sfunieipel Council otices. Under his instruction the art of building made considerable progress, and a school of work-ihe did some really excellent work. men, mostly Ningpo men, were developed Tos. W. Krseswatt.
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