over to the New Territory to Pingshan, where he met " further gather village elders. I presume a simi took plice on this occasion, but am not in possession of details, I'trust, however, Sir Henry Blake did not again invite guests lo he proceeded in This may pei haps be the privilege of royalty, but I thi that the Governor of " Colony should not be too "lifted up" to accompany those he has invited to be his guests, "Seats of the mighty" indeed are they now at Government House!
'THE LATE GOVERNOR, who is beginning to be better appreciated by comparison with his successor, has just been heard from. The album of photographs, which was to have been presented with the farewell address when he left here in February, 1898, has only recently gone home. Sir William Robinson now acknowledges receipt of the book in a gracefully-worded letter, expressive of his continued interest in the Colony.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.