cit, i, with, mach rocket that, we have to announce the death, which oesurred on December 18, of Mr. King Wen-yn, who for many years was a member of the secretariat of the French Consulate-General, Juncr Milton D. Purdy of the S. Court for China is leaving on the 29th instant on a what incomplete as yet he plans to visit Amoy, Hongkong and Saigon in addition' to other cities farther south, A letter has been received from Mr, Loo Hsing-yuan, former president of the Shanghai Provisional Court, saying that he is well and that he is living in Canton, where the authorities have offered him various positions. He is determined never again to take up a judicial appoint. ment, Capt, Chi Ting-mu, the newly appointed Commissioner of Harbour Affairs for Greater Shanghai, is a graduate of the Greenwich Naval Colles and has been in the Chinese Navy for many years. Among the posts he has held have been chief of Stall, chief of the aeronautical section, captain of the gunboat Chu-chien, member of the Yangtze River Commtasion and adviser to the Commander-in-Chief, Mr. Chi, who a native of Changchow, is 41 years old. He has made a statement, to the effect that his aim is to regain China's lost rights and he proposes first to take over the Whangpoo Conservancy Board and then the Department of Shinning of the Maritime Owine to the prevalence of smallpox in Hongkong and: Canton, pax cers arriving from those' two places will be subject to examinee by Uke local port health auti-
Tae Nanking Ministry of Public Health has received information that bubonic plague is still very prevalent in Suiyuan but the ance has been suppressed Tu Chinese papers say that the Shansi provincial authorities are constructing a huge dam, the water of which will be used for the irrigation of the land in times of drought. A large number of irriga tion machines have been purchased, In view of the large number of spurious silver coins which have been smuggled into Shanghai, the nghai Chinese Bankers Aas ion has asked the Ministry of Finance to order the Commissioner of Customs to make a through search of all incoming vessels in future, Cartain Geoltrey Hopwood, c.n.t who has commanded the aivcratt: carrier Hermes in China during the Past 12 months, will shortly be succeeded by Captain J. D. Campbell, m.v.04 0.8.6, whose two-year id of the Navig tion School, Portemouth, concludes on December 16. Captain Hopwood, who was formerly Commodore of Chatham Barracks, is nearing the top of his list, and is seventh in turn for promotion to flag rank.
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