The death is announced to-day of the noted missionary, the Rev. Francis Henry Hawkins, Born at Handsworth, Birmingham, {in 1863, Mr, Hawkins was well-known in China. "He was director of the London Missionary Society from 1892. He visited China on its behalf in 1909-10, and became a secretary in 1911 and foreign secretary from 1912 to 1034, and had charge of the China, Africa, and Madagascar Missions. He paid long visits to China in 1909, 1917, 1921, 1927-28, His numerous works included many reports of visits to China, Africa and Madagascar, and articles in the "International Review of Misstons" and other similar publications Reuter,
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