The Archive · 1902

Reception of Guests

On the morning of the 27th, General Ma, Minister Conger, and other guests were received, and spectators of the con tinued sports crowded porches, balconies, and gran-ds, to the number of eight of ten thousand.

A Tablet was sent by 520 villages with 1,268 names inscribed, under the words "Favour and protection to be held deeply in memers." Twenty-eight other scrolls were hung by sociories, guilds, ete. Over 8,000 names of donors Were recorded, and 3,198 persons were feasted during the two days. The Church gave a feast to forty-eight civil and military officials of the city.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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