We regret to announce the death, which took place at the age of 70 at Bournemouth on Monday, of the Rev. George Henry Bondfield, who rad had a distinguished missionary career in China of over 40 years.
The Late Mr. Bondfield will be chiefly remembered in connexion with the activities of the British ind Foreign Bible Society, which in the late nineties for the first time became thoroughly organized in China, due to his exceptional abilities as an administrator. With ween realization of the possibilities of the society in China, he saw to it that the branch was. Uoused in its present up-to-date offices in Hongkong Road. They were built, thanks to negotiations carried out by him, entirely from the proceeds of the sale of the land on which the old offices were situated and without any monetary sistance from Home.
Prior to his association with this institution nearly 30 years ago Mr. Bondfield was a prominent figure in Protestant missionary circles, and latterly he performed numerous civie duties in Shanghai. Born in 1855 at Chard, Somerset, and re-theological education at Birmingham, hho came to China in 1883. After a period of missionary work at, Amoy, he was called to the pastorate of Union Church, Hongkong. For his services in 1907 as chief organizer and hon. secretary of, the Centenary Missionary Conference he received the degree of Doc-for of Divinity of Knox College. He was a leading member of the China Continuation Committee until it was succeeded by the National. Christian Conference. In addition to his numerous ganized of missions he found time in Shanghai to devote to educational matters, For a while he served on the Thomas Hanbury School (Boys) Committee, the Municipal Council Education' Committee and the Shanghai Library Committee. For several years he was chairman of Union Church Committee. Few missionaries had travelled more in this country. It was said that in the course of his work he had visit-
2 all the principal mission centres One of Mr. Bondfield's daughters was Mrs. Henman, who some years ago was head mistress of the Cathedral School for Girls.
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