held their annual Show on Tuesday afternoon last under the most depressing con+ ditions. Heavy showers of rain with'mist created an atmosphere the very opposite of what is required at a Flower Show. Still those who ventured out were amply repaid by the excellence of the exhibits, for the most exacting of critics could not but admit that it was a credit to Amoy. Let us hope that next year we may be favoured with more suitable weather. "Everyone felt sorry that the transfer of our genial Commissioner, Mr. Carroll, to Canton robbed us of the pre+ sence of himself and his hospitable wife.
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