On Monday on the occasion of the German Emperor's forty-ninth birthday the men-of-war in harbour dressed ship and flags were flown throughout the Settlement. The official programme for the day included a Service in the German Charch at 10 a.m. which was attended by the Consul-General and Staff and the officers of S. M. 8. Leipzig and of the German Company of the S. V.C. At 11.15 Herr von Buri held a reception in the Consulate-General, at which were a large number of German Naval Officers, the majority of the German community, the Taotai and other Chin-se officials, the Senior Consul and members of the Consular Body, the (commissioner of Customs, Mr. H. E. Hobson, and many others. Lngchson was served an 8. M.
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