(Thermometers in the open air in a shaded situation in the Boglish Settlement.)
Fahr. Thermometer.—_ Rainfall M M 4 in inches, Rainfall in inches, Mu. R: E, Brepox left for the South by the French' mail to take up the post of Commissioner of Customs at Canton.
Mu. Hexrr Howanp, Secretary of Embassy at Paris, who has for some time held the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary, and who was Secretary of Legation at Pekin; from 1887 to. 1889, has been appointed British Minister to the Hague.
Tx news has been received by wire of the death of Mr. George Phillips, F.R.G.S., father of Mrs, Duncan J. Reid, of Shanghai. Mr. Phillips was appointed a student interpreter in Hongkong in 1857, and was removed to Foochow, and then to Ningpo in 1859, - He rose gradually in the service, being made Consul at Kiukiang in 1877; was transferred to Taiwan in 1880, and to Foochow in 1886, retiring from the service in 1892. He was always very much liked in his official capacity and as a friend, and death. leaves a widow, one son, and twill be felt at the news of his we daughters,
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