On Thorsday morning, one of the oldest residents of Ningpo, perhaps also one of the best known foreign residents on the coast of China, passed pescefally away. The late Major Wateon had reached the good old age of seventy-foot. He was a native of Sydney, N.S.W., and came to Chins in 1859, intending to take up a busi-pes career, To this he devoted his fit two years. Then the call came which led him to enter the Chinese service. In the 4th moon of the Int sear of the Emperor Tong Chih, 1862, young Watson got his chance of showing what kind of mettle he was made He wax appointed by General Ward to the captaincy of the 4th Regiment of the Dong Sing Kyuing, the famees Green Turbaned soldiers.
A month later he ras ordered with his where, after a troops obtained porsexsion of Dzengkong.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.