It is with special regret that we chronic cle the departure for another post of our Magistrate (Hsin Sue-hsien). He is not only an intelligent and cultivated man, a Hanlin graduate, but also a most efficient official and one who looks out for the welfare of the people. He was very strict with law-breakers and rid the city of a good number of do-nothings. He was not so popular as some others because under his rule the opportunities for squeezing were not so many as formerly. It seemed a pity that he should be removed just as he had aided so greatly in the establishment of the new school, which we hoped to sce prosper under his direction, but the powers that be could not sce it. that way. His successor has made a good impres: and has shown his friendliness by calling promptly on both the Customs officials and the missionaries. We hope that he ill prove himself a good and capable official, and will lend a hand in the new educational movement.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.