Mr. Carey opened his lecture by add to those already furnished the exhibiting " map of Yunnan showing the University for the work. location of these various stations and also the course of his travels in the dis-Ar Wusin. trict. He explained that apart. from its proximity to foreign possessions the chief Other interesting building work Interest of the district lay in the extra-in progress just now is that at ordinary admixture of races to be found Wusih where an industrial school there. "On the one hand, the expan-be built by the Methodist sion of the Chinese Empire, which for Mission in ce-operation with the "centuries did not extend beyond the manufacturers of the city. The Yangtze River, and, on the other, the manufacturers will obtain land fo invasions to which Tndin was periodical. ly subject, combined to exert a pressure a site and furnish it to the Mission on the weaker aboriginal tribes of both at a nominal fee. countries, forcing them westwards and The Mission will then build and eastwards respectively. until they found yun the school. The idea is to shelter in the valleys and high ranges in the factories and attend school allow the children to work half-time tot Burma, Tonk'ng and Yunnan, where have etruzaled for and managed to tain an existence.'" the rest of the time, where they Oxr knowledge of the ethnology of will receive @ common school {these districts is very incomplete but education with special attention to fever 100 racial s have been identi-manu] aris. Mr. H. A. Vander-ifed, many of them widely different. in beek, who was Dean of Civil) I physical characteristics, social customs Engineering in the Government Tustitute of Technology (Nan. and degrees of civilization.
The lecturer described and exhibited pictures of many of these tynes, inclndyang College) hss given up that the Ch'eng-chia, Lolo, Woni, Puta, work to take charge of the school Wusih. Plans are being ion, Akk'a, Mahe, Shan. Was, Yao, Huai, Taungyo. A Chang, Yanzdrawn by Mr. Black. and the Hsu.
"The audience were interested in the marriage customs of these various of the Methodist Church South In connexion with the eenles, and ether social customs. The lecturer's accounts of the exploits of the head-hanting Was and of the clephant-Mission, it is learned that a part Vkanting Yao also excited great interest. of their property in Shanghai which is on Quinsan Road is to Tue Diplomatic Corps in Peking be developed into a foreign is preparing to lodge a strong apartment house on a plan which protest with the Government over is new to China and one which the commandeermn~ of the Salt will be greatly welcomed here.
The building is to be six storeys Poi-fu, states the "Shanghai revenue in Hupeh by General Wan high and to cover 300 ft. x 40 ft.
Journal of Commerce."
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