A Well Deserved Compliment to the Head of Siccawei The congratulations of Shang: hai residents of', al] nationality will cordially be extended to the Rev, Fr. Louis Froa, s.3., Direc for of Siccawei Observatory, upon having received the Henri @Orléans, medal, awarded ®y the Societe de Geographic Commer-dale in recognition of his most valuable work at the Observatory. The labours of Father Froe, Hkt those of all his brethren at) the Observatory, are modestly carried on far from the public eye, and rarely do they come into prominent notice, publicity being no part of Siccawei's programme except in a strictly scientific way. Thus it is that little is known, of the personal history and work of these excellent public servants, to whom we are daily indebted for information of a most valuable Fr, Froe has been as-with Siccawei for 40 and has been its Director ug the past quarter of a cen-Under his expert hand, the department in which' the Observatory specializes—Meteorology has been finely developed and is now a vital and indispensable part of the public service, We shall shortly have the privilege amd pleasure of publishing a short account of the Observatory's history, and from this will be seen the extremely important part Siccawei has taken in providing mariners of the China coast with accurate information on weather conditions, especially during the typhoon season, in-, formation which has been of inestimable value. To this work Fr. Froe has devoted himself with patience and unceasing "-ligence, and the community is indeed: n-debted to him and his staff.
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