Hongkong, Dec. 19.
Sir Reginald Stubbs, the Governor of Hongkong, Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson, Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, Major-General Sir John Fowler, General Officer Commanding His Britannic Majesty's Forces in China, Commodore W. Bowden-Smith and Sir William. Rees-Davies, the Chief Justice, and other notable personages and representatives of the British, Chinese and foreign communities attended the reception given by Sir Robert Ho Tung to-day on the occasion. of his Glst birthday.
Sir Reginald Stubbs proposed Sir Robert Ho Tung's health.
Replying, Sir Robert Ho Tung announced the donation of $100,000 to establish an industrial school for poor children; alternatively the Toney was to be utilized for establishing free vernacular schools in the Colony.
Sir Robert Ho Tung to-day made a gift of money for the entertainment of poor children and orphans in the Italian. and French Convents, the London Missionary Society orphanages and the Blind Homes.
President Li Yuan-hung presented Sir Robert Ho Tung with a congratulatory tablet, accompanied by an autograph letter, and ex-President Hsu Shih-chang sent Sir Robert a number of honorific scrolls.—Reuter.
FurtHer protests are being sent to Peking against the increased postal and telegraph rates, the latest being sent by Marshal Tsao Kun, High Inspecting Commissioner at Paoting, Gen. Ho Feng-ling, Military Governor of Shanghai and the City Chambers of Commerce.
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