semis brighter, unless the movements of Tong Fu-hsiang and Prince Tuan cause disturbance. De. MeClure has been negotiating, throws the Consul and the Trotai at Tientsin, for our return, and the men of the Mission hope te leave Tientsin for Honan about the 20th of Ausust. We hope also that, investigations in Honan, and the general state of the country as that time, may enable feel justified in cabling to Canada for some further reinforcements Inter in the autumn, Of this, however, there is as yet no certainty.
Messrs. Rees and Grant of the London Mission expect to accompany our party as far as some of their inland stations, A week ago ® party of China Inland missionaries left Shangiai for their stations in South Honan.
At Chefoo, on July 5th, " son (William, Hill) was born to the Rev, and Mrs.
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