The spread of the desire for English is very rapid. Where last year there was no interest in the matter, one now meets with serious inquiries. At Wusueh a Chinese who speaks English well has opened a school and has twelve pupils, who each pay three dollars per month. The other day I met a mandarin, and when I addressed him in Chinese he renued in excellent English. Woe transacted all our. business in that tongue. Ho told mo that he had learnt it in order to be able to converse with foreigners.
Relief of Distrass.
H. B. M. Consul at Kiukiang has sent a very welcome letter to the Rev. E. F. P. Scholes, offering a part of the funds at his disposal for the relief of the flood-refugees for distribution in the Kuangeh'i district. AsI mentioned ina previous com-ion, a great deal of the land thera flooded, and the distress is acute. Mr. Scholes has done his best, and this help from the public funds will be a great boon to him.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.