Tuesday afternoon at the Royal Asiatic Hall and listened to a paper on_ Chinese Guild-Halls and Guilds read by Miss Winifred Muir. She ex plained some of the laws by which guild halls are governed and showed their comparative likeness to the rules used in the Chambers of Commerce throughout China. She gave a very thorough description of various guilds such as_ the Tex, the Rice, and the Bankers' guilds, explained how they are! managed and described, in_ particular, the Foochow bankers' gulfd hall, which is especially fine. Pictures of this building and also of the bankers' guild in Shanghai were shown. regard to the sale of work of the Blind Association of London} which took place at Ewo Lodge on! Wednesday, March 16, we are informed that the work was begun Mrs. R. H. R. Wade, and carried on by her for five years. Mrs. A. K. Craddock has been in charge for the last two years and during that time has sent home £529 sterling. The sale of this work on last. week realized $706. Mrs. Wade, who is in Tientsin, has again taken over the work from Mrs. Ctaddock. i
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