functions are a Race Ball on 28th October, and a Conversazione to say good-bye to Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Cousins on Nov., 2nd. Mr. Cousins is the recipient of addresses from all sorts and conditions of men; and never in the social history of the Port has there been such a condition of diverse interests to render honour to one who richly deserves it. Union church, the Land-renters, the Chamber of Commerce, the Community in general, and Chinese officialdom have all testified enthusiastically and formally to the esteem in which Mr. Cousins is held, and to their regret at his departure.
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