Un Saturday afternoon (2th), the Museum and Library in connection with Dr. Lavington 8. Hart's Anglo-Chinese school was opened to the public. Consul Hopkins was in the Chair, and addresses were made by 11.1. Sir Ernest Satow, Taotai Tang representing BLE, the Viceroy (who could not be present), by Dr. Hart, and by Mr. Bryson of the L.M.S. with which the school has nominal connection though independent in ge-ment. The principal address was by Sir Ernest Satow, in which he spoke of the advantages of education, the benefits resulting from a study of the wonders of creation which reveals to us "what an imagination God has"! He congratulated Dr. Hart on his fine collection, and paid a tribute to the Missionary body in the remark, that of all classes the Missionaries as a class had brought more good to the countries to which they had gone than any other. About, 500 guests, foreign and Chinese, nad been invited, and the response was all that could be desired. After the addresses, Sir Ernest pronounced the Museum and Library open, and the quests inspected them at their leisure.
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