The last meeting of this Society for the season took place on Ist June at the Japanese Legation, the President, Dr. Martin, in the chair. here was a good attendance. The new officers of the Society for the ensuing year were first elected. Dr. Dudgeon was chosen President, Dr. Stuil mann, Secretary; Mr. Hashiguchi, Secretary of the Japanese Legation, Treasurer, and Dr, Martin, Mr. Fulfordand M. Leduc, Members of Council. Thereafter Dr. win, lute of Wéenchow, addressed the Society on the early Chinese and Japanese civilisations, illustrated by reference to those knotted cords which in Peru are termed quippes. After some discussion, the lecturer resumed and spoke on a race of pigmies which were said te exist. in the Celestial Mountains and of which an account has already appeared in the China Rerinc. Dr. Dudgeon aft wards invited the lecturer to give the Society any new views regarding leprosy he may have acquired during his travels in China, Japan, Siberia, ete. Dr. Macyowan readily responded, mentioning the exceeding smallness and beauty of the hand in incipient leprosy—the absence or atrophy of, the aiiductor pollicis muscle, which was said to be very characteristic and of value as an incipient symptom of the disaas and, finally it was stated that in cases of latent leprosy, when the patient is subjected to the fumes of sulphur, blotches appear on the skin. These statements, if well-founded, are tan-amount to an int portant discovery. The lecturer threw out many valuable suggestions for the young sinologues of the Oriental Society to study. He is leaving China shortly for good, after a residence of some 50 years. He is the oldest foreign resident now in China—his advent going back to the period when our first treaty was nade with China. He has been most indefatigable in his investigations of folk lore and all manner of out-of: the-way sorts of erudite information, and we shall all miss his cheery manner and suggestive papers to the Press find learned Societies. He welcomed the President 40 years ago to Ningpo and now on the eve of quitting China and paying the capital his first visit, the President, of the Oriental Society welcomes him to Peking and introduces hin, to the Society where he is a persona grata and before which some of his learned papers have been read. The lecture which he delivered will doubtless appear in due time in extense in the transactions of the Society.
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