is carried on here by three Societies, but) j, only two have foreigners located on the spot, namely the Anglican Mission and the Gospel Mission. In the latter mission Dr. and Mrs. Crawford, formerly of Téngehoufu, are the veterans, they having been in China for forty-five years. Their many friends in China will be glad to know that both Dr. and Mrs, Crawford are remarkably well") preserved and vigorous in their old age, Hull engaged in active work among the Chinese. It is the hope of their friends and associates that they may be spared for many more years of work in their chosen field. Mrs. Crawford 1s sometimes told by the Chinese that she has changed and become like one of themselves, she has lived here ea long—her wearing the native dress and her sweet benevolent fice 0 doubt lend colour to such a supposition. The other members of the 1 Mission are the Rey. Messrs. King and Crocker and Mir. and Mrs. Sims. The Anglican Mission for the time being has no foreiga representative in T'aian.
12th June.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.