The special China fund, now being favourite for second place, was in raised by the Religious Tract Society trouble with Lean, who has been lecture for the extension of its work in China, ed by this time into playing steadier has, in payments and promises, reach-chess, and whose first appearance in a total of nearly £9,000 out of the these tournaments cannot be pronounced £20,000 needed. With a view to the failure. administration of this fund the com-At the evening sitting Michell, three mittee have invited Sir Charles Tarring. one of their members, and the Rev, pawns down, was straggling bard for 8 draw. Lean scored about the seven-A. R. Buckland, secretary of the teenth move. Mackenzie drew with Society, to visit China this autumn. They will leave on September 25, and Lee, Atkins with Palmer, and Sergeant on their way will examine the work of with Gunsberg. Blackburne had an easy victory over Blake, the game being the Japan Book and Tract Society, another 0 of the Society's auxiliaries in won for him as early as the tenth move.
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