The China Society of Chemical Industry held its annual meeting on April 6, at the Returned Students' Club, Nan-ho-yen. The forenoon session was. occupied by business meeting, during which reports of the work done by the Society in the past year were sub mitted. The election of officers then took place, the following being selected:—President, Mr. Chang Hsin-ngao; Vice-President, Mr. A. Pinzen Cheng; general secretary, Mr. Chenlott C. Wu; editor of the Journal, Mr. Tung-kuan Vu; treasurer, Mr. Wang Chee-tien; Council, Messrs.) Chu Yen, Lee Ming-loo, Kuo Sze-kuan, Ting Hsu-yen, Sumin Shen, Wang Tu, Chow Ming-zung.
The afternoon was spent in paying a visit to the Shoun-Ho-Shen Brewery and in attending a reception given by the Tan-wha Match Works. A dinner party at the Palace Hotel in the evening completed the day's programme.
Tue French cruisers, Jules Michelet and Victor Hugo, under the command of Admiral Gilly, left Shanghai on Tuesday morning for Hongkong. On Monday night the French community, headed by M. Wilden, the Consul-General, and Mme. Wilden, entertained the officers of the squadron to a reception and dance in the Cercle Sportif Francais. Representatives of the Consular Body. the two Municipal Councils, the Volunteers and other local bodies were present, and an especially enjoyable function ensued,
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