Phe weather for a month past has been as perfect as anything China produces. The Missionary Conference occupied almost a seek in discussing some very practical questions, Several of the papers have been requested for publication. The new Union Church was dedicated and turned corer to a board of trustees. The Southern Presbyterian (Mission in "Mid-China has just closed its annual meeting, beld for the first time. The exodus of issiters goes on rapidly, as the season is nearly over. The summer of 1901 has been characterised by improvement in all directions.
A better class of houses is being built. The s side has been informal and di tinctly friendly. Outdoor sports, like tennis and croquet, have been popular. Indoor games have been delightfully simple and homelike. Entertainment has been on such a modest scale that all could participate. Some excellent music has been a feature of the evening gatherings. Excursion parties have visited Pagoda Peak (the highest point), an old monastery on the south, the Cascade, Deep Gorge, and a number of villages hidden in the valleys. Amateur photography is much in vogue. Prompt action by the local magistrate has kept down all disorder. A chair-coolie who declined to go and hindered others got one thousand blows of the bamboo. There has been no trouble since.
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