The subject of this short sketch horn of rustic parents in a village suburb Ningpo on the 20: day of the of Tao Kuang (July, 1840) which made him a little over fifty-nine years age at his death which occurred at his Broadway, Honskew, y of the 10th m on, 25th year Usi (th Novemter, 1898 hough aconrding to the Chin of ealenlating sixty years old when he die The second son of a family of five he lost his father six and at nin sent to th Ito learn his lett hut owing to the poverty of the the youngster could only stop six mo On deaving school Ching widowed mother and elder broth their little plot of ground for three ye but being of an ambitions and energy isposition he was anxious to earn a little rd_cash for the support of the famil Atthe age of HI he entered the dour whey ran an oil mill, where ger we ina papeco junk and, in couple of days, found themselves at their dest He secured, arrival, employment in " ship chandlery and was soon promoted to be a runner for his hong. The year 186L saw Ching Chev the possessor of his first store—a slub chan: lery and sundries concern—at the head the Hongkew Creek Broadway This pioneer store has now five offshoots situated in the various settlements, such Ching-cho Once fortune see With one nese merd hongs in hhuost every large Treaty port in China, so that the name of Ching Chony widely known m the interior of China and has become synonymous with kerosene oil in every city of the empire where the il is known and used. His name was also connected with silk filatures, match factories, ete. Te was also well-known as a philanthropist and his int his fellow-provincials of Cheki whom no-one ever appealed to him in vain, has made his name idolised by them. So well appreciated were his charities by the Imperial Government that not only did he receive increased official rank, but also two ive largely, for if public report Is. Yeh Ching Che [ssu mirs neserven.]
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