was held by the Chinese at Chang Ssu-ho's arden at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, here were present more than 500 persons, including many officials and scholars from the interior who had just arrived and were not therefore present at the last meeting. The meeting would have been several times. larger, had it not been for the fact that the. notice convening it was issued a: such short notice, as it did not come ous sill- yesterday morning. _The chair was taken by Mr. Sun Chung-vii, Doctor of Literature (Chibshib), and son,
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