Several eulogistic articles on Sir bert Hart have lately appeared in the local Chinese press, the gist of them being that it is fitting for the Council to find a prominent: position for the memorial of the illustrious foreigner who worked so zealously for the welfare of China, and who always endeavoured to obtain a fair deal for the Chinese people at a time when China was less articulate on the world's stage than she is now.
'We reproduce herewith the text though, unfortunately, not the appearance and proportions, of the two new inscriptions on bronze plates six feet in height which will be! affixed to the north and south' {faces of the pedestal of Sir Robert Hart's monument after it has been point opposite the entrance to the Custom House. Those who have taken the pains to read the inseription in small type on the present plate will remember how difficult it was to decipher and will be} pleased to know that the new re-[production of it will be in bold, clear type, differing slightly in eolour from the background. The list lof honours on the second plate never before been published and has [been compiled from Customs records. It is believed that no man in modern history, except of course: the members of royal families to whom decorations come as a matter' of form, could have attached to his, name a more astonishing display of honours. Certainly few men who have been much decorated have been. so deserving of their honours as this Ulsterman who won the complete: Jeonfidence of the Imperial Chinese Court und held it though many years while remaining rigidly true to his own stern code of honesty, who was a most faithful and devot-led servant of China and at the same time the creator of many institu tion which made modern commercial relations possible for the foreigner.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.