Armstrong Hopkins, who died at the Shanghai General Hospital after an operation performed on Tuesday, took place at the Bubbling Well Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Hopkins who had been in the employment of the British Cigarette Ca. for some time, was born in Kensington, London, 1859, and came out to China in 1884. He was in the Korean Customs Service for 24 years, the Korean Government having decorated him on two occasions for services rendered. On his return from home after a furlough of two years he joined the British-American Tobacco Ca. and subsequently eft that company and joined the Standard Oil Ca., Shanghai, for two years, after which he rejoined the British Cigarette Ca. at Pootung, and was in their service at the time of his death. He leaves a widow and a sister in England to mourn his loss. The deceased was a member of the Saltoun Lodge.
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