in this Kuling matter was taken yesterday afternoon in H.M.'s Consuilate here, when Mr. Little transferred the whole of the property to nine Trustees belonging to various ports on the river,—Chinkiang, Nanking, Wuhu, Kiuki and Hankow, who are empowered to dispose of it in lots, and required to apply all the proceeds thus obtained from sales to the improvement of the property for the benefit of the lot-holders. That is, in making roads, building a Church and a In halfway house, planting trees, making a swimming pond, etc. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees is the Rev. Griffith John, p.p., of Hankow; the Rev. Edward S. Little is Secretary, and in his absence, the Rev. J. J. Banbury, while the Tre surer is Dr. George R. Underwood, Kil kiang.
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