'A Chinese gentleman, Mr. B.C. Wan, l-known to foreigners and Chinese officials in Chinkiang and Nanking as the popular Interpreter of the United States Consulate, first at Chinkiang and then in Nanking, to which city the offices at the former port had been transferred " fow years ago, after faithfully and ably performing the duties of post to. the sal of his superior officers for a period of twenty years, resigned from the U. 8. Consular service on the Ist instant to accept the higher post of special attache to His Excellency the Viceroy of the Liangkiang provinces and a member of the Secretariat of the Head Bureau of Foreign Affairs of the Liangkiang provinces. Mr. B. 0, Wan's official rank is that of First-class Secre. tary of the Imperial Patent Office, a department of the Grand Secretariat in Poking, and ho is also a prominent member of the well-known band of returned American students.
The Departure from Nanking on the 3rd instant of H.E. Wei Kuang-t'a0, Viceroy-designate of the Liangkiang provinces, according to a dispatch from that city, was signalized by the presence al Consuls and highest mblage consisting of
Chinese officials of the place. All the foreign instructors, military as well as literary, engaged by the Provin Government, were also present. Excellency made a and through Mr. B. C. Wan, Vicregal Attache, bade all his foreign friends goodds. Ev Excellency went on board the Chinese cruiser Fu An, sent from Foochow to convey him and his family South, but only used the cruiser to take himself and suite across the river, after which he landed and travelled overland to Soochow. He will remain in the latter city four or five days to confer on certain important matters with H.E. Governor Casu Fang, come te Shanghai for a short visit, and then proceed to Hangchow, the capital of Chekiang province, in a laud towed houseboat. From that city His Excellency intends to travel southwards, part of the way by houseboat "ud part by sedan-chair, to the Viceregal headquarters at Foochow. The dispatch also states that ELE. Huang Chien-kuan, the enlightened and liberal-minded Provincial Treasurer-designate of Shantung, who is waiting in Nanking for the arrival of his successor, Hu Ting-kan, expects to leave that city in about three weeks from now. As already mentioned in a previous " Note" there is sincere regret felt in the province, especially among the mercantile classes, at the approaching departure of this popular offi-tal, und farewell testimonials, eulogistic and a grateful and admiring keep pouring into His Excellency's yamen from all parts of the province, day after day.
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