A few days ago a number_ of forged bank-notes were passed off upon _unsuspeeting tradesmen here, but fortunately the utterer was caught with enough money in his possession to repay the men he had swindled. The notes manipulated were issued bg the Chartered Bank as $10 notes and had been rather cleverly altered to $100. The alterations—were obvious enough when viewed critically, but were quite good enough to deceive anyone not much in the habit of handling such notes and not on the look out for such a fraud, especially anyone without much knowledge of English. The figures, which are repeated several times, had all been altered, and so had the words, except the large faint red ones in the centre, which might be easily overlooked by an unsuspecting receiver. Four notes, each purporting to be of $100 value, were successfully passed before the discovery was made and the swindler caught.
The Bishop of Victoria, Hongkong, visited Limchow and: Pakhoi at the end of July, and_ held Confirmations in St. Luke's Church (Chinese) and in the Leper Men's Compound, confirming about 15 persons in all.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.