Wheeler, thy property of M. de Cartier, of the Belgian Legation with Mr. Will up; the sume pony got the Maidens with Mr. Andersen up. Tientsin on this occasion played quite a subordinate part in Po Anothe batch of students las passed out into the Consukur Service.
Mr Pratt, formerly of Dulwich Colles prize min and goes te Amoy i of streng Deki 4 his two years' resi The lighter "Taku self and unk last. week in the but the energy of the Lighter Company's of swum Hoated her again, The Peiho ix in a bad way again bat for no other reason this time than that the Lord has not. sent The water has fallen nearly five fee during the month.
A tervilic fine in the Ku-T-Chieh de-stayed over two Inndred of the best and Ingest established shops in Tientsin city last week.
'Chis makes our fourth big fire in six weeks, Ttarose in extelessness, the placing of a chimney-less petroleum' kung on a window sill, and the consequent tiring of the paper in the window. The qoavtr included the best silk shi cor three fur stores, two curio ets wore than are of oh ments, sere of which heve been in existence for two or three hundred years, Tientsin's total contribution to the Indian famine will he $4,500, perhaps the most interesting item in the list is S32 from the Sikh Phe export of houseboys, servants to Port Arthur and the Ro evea in Manchuria is more marked than ever this year: that of ponies is less in evidence 7th May. as the candidate of their unanimous choice. The mesting then resolved itself into the annual general meeting. The Chai made a long and exhaustive address touching on most of the subjects referred to in the report, and calling attention to others not there dealt with. ~The report was ed in a brief speech by Me. RL. Ric son, and adopted without discussion. The election of hers was then murined, and the General Committee re elected as follows: Messrs. RIN.
y (Chairman), Hon. J. J. Keswick Chairman), A. Haupt, N. A. Siebs, H. Smith, H. M. Bevis, G. 8. Sharp, M. Marshall, and R. L.' Richardson the latter four being new members. The proceedings were somewhye formal and chilly, no debating talent being now apparently left in the colony. The Mr. Granville Sharp, something to say and said it well, w greatly missed on this occasion. a pity that, when so many questions commercial interest were laid before the micating, no unsuspected ¢ found his voice and opportunity. Tt was almost too fort toapplaud the labours of the
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