H. E. Governor Chou Fu gave a feast in his yamen on the 18th inst., when he entertained twenty-four guests, of whom ten were foreigners, five of these being Germans. The guest of honour was Mr. Charles H. Oliver, formerly in charge of the Tung Wén-Kuan in Peking, now Deputy Commissioner of Customs, who occupied the seat on the Governor's right, the seat on his left band side Beta ken by Mr. Lange, the German Consul. "Directly opposite the Governor sat the Treasurer of the Province. who had on his right and left' Messrs. Hildebrand and Wlenke, respectively, of the—rnilw: Captain Tyler, who is well-known Shanghai, jas also present, ax was Prof. Goodcell, of the College, and in addition the American Mission wa represen ted by one of its members. A Dutch engineer, a German engineer, and " visiting German professor made up the foreign contingent. All the high officials of the city were present and the greatest cordiality prevail. ed. Such gatherings cannot but help on the feeling of mutual regard and esteem between foreigners and Chinese. Our present Governur seems; to be a man of really progressive spirit, wf kindly feelings toward foreigners, get things moving in the way of improvements.
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