Dr. Herbert Chatley's departure from China involves" Shanghai's public life in a distinct loss. Few men are, gifed with the versatility of that clever engineer. His emin-fence in his own profession is indis-pulable and the tributes paid to him by his brothers in its practice are unanswerable. "To him engineers in China owe great assistance In cementing the fellowship through the branches of learned engineering Societies formed here in recent years In the important post which he held for the last 3 Journey Dr. Chatley made valid con-{ribution 10 the economic welfare of Shanghai by his firm control of the waywardness of the Whangpoo and mud. He applied an omnivorous capacity for study to the exposition of many subjects outside his technical experience. Whetnor he was asked to give an authoritative ruling on the mysteries of the Calendar or to deliver an address on 9 current topic of importance, Dr. Chatley was bound rise to the occasion. "As an afte ker he had few. equals dry humour gave 3 lornment to learning which obtrusively pressed on his' audience.
'An essentially elububle man he pulled his full' weight "social organization in Shanghai. He has retired in the happiest circumstances—in the prime of his fo. Therefore st is reasonable expect that his career in China will be eventually found to have been but single chapter in a full volume. 'On that account his friends' regrets at his departure are tinged with a lively sense of expectation of much happiness and prosperity in his own country. Both he and his wife Fest assured that Shanghai will remember them for effective contribu Mons to the thought and culture without which sojourn here must be aridly "unsatisfying.
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