To the Réltor of the tourn-Cinwa Dary News"
Sm—I notice from your columns that the British Admiral for China is at present in Shanghai so T hasten to full a promise and bring to general notice the following facts, as the navy 4s probably very interested.
Some years ago, around 184) to be exact, the Chusan Archipelago was under British occupation, and mem= bers of the Expeditionary Forces and their families were buried in various places on the island of Chusan.
About the year 1895 the. then British Admiral had all the bodies buried in one place and a wall built round the graves, which is now marked on the charts a8 the British Cemetery.
Whilst recently in Tinghai Twas informed by the Roman Catholic Sisters who maintain a Mission on the Island, that they look after the graves during the winter months, it being. dangerous to work in the vicinity, during summer on account of risk of cholera, "The good sisters. were in a state of distress however because the inseriptions on many of the tombstones are now in urgent danger of being permanently lost. About 25 years ago, they say, the British Consul at Ningpo had the inscriptions renewed, They feel that.it is only necessary for this to be brought to general neties for something to be done in the matter, Shanghai, Oct, 9.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.