Of late years, the deceased worked hard and successfully to obtai funds for the construction of a new, larger and more modern hospital, the only hospital in the Central District for (Chinese. Through his efforts, his old friend, the Into Mr. Henry Lester, contributed generous-_ ly to the funds of the hospital each year and, in his will, left a very generous share of his property to-ards the erection of the new hospital, which neither Mr, Lester or Dr. Davenport were destined to see, Ag a Chinese friend said yesterday "Dr, Davenport was a real Christian.
He gave his all for the Chinese in the service of the Great Healer, his Lord and Master, into whose arms hig soul has gone."
The Chinese will miss Dr. Davenport very much; indeed, Shanghai will miss him. Much sympathy will be extended to his widow, his tve daughters who are engaged in the teaching profession in Shanghai, and his son, Dr, Davenport, who is in charge of a hospital in England.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.