One of the most interesting collections is certainly that of Mr. de Bianchi, Portuguese Minister at Peking. The grandeur of the Sui mer Palace is well shown there, 23 is that of many a hoary monarch of the forest too. One of the wonders there depicted is a 2,000 year old inking oF ginko tree (silver apricot) shading a temple, and still blooming, though older than Christendom itself. The collection is of exceptional historic interest in connection with the old Portuguese cemetery at Peking, where rests in peace many an illustrious hero of the Gospel _as well as of Western science in China, all of them vested by the imperial' court, Ming and Tung, with official honours never since enjoyed by any other foreigner howsoever favoured in China for congratulate all those who have succeeded in the carrying off prizes and Iam much indebted to the visitors present to-day especially those who have come to Maeno, who will, of a certainty, take away with them confirmation that in Mueno there exists a desire to progress in harmony with all. neighbouring countries and colonies, especially those with which Portugal] has maintained for centuries the niost affable relations of Commerce and friendship.
The Prize Winners Mr. Alves then read out the list of prize winners in the Photographic Section as follows distinguished services rendered. The epitaphs of some tombstones are clearly reproduced in the photographs, but do not tell their tragic save in one instance—that of the last Portuguese bishop Nanking who died at Peking in distress, a Russis sepultus, that is to say the burial being effected by the Russian archimandrite 90 years contrast to _past Dating from the Ming Dynasty, the historical cemetery was razed by the Boxers in 1900, but has. been duly repaired, Ricei's tombstone being the only one that escaped the ravages quite damaged. Even the Boxers respected the dust of him tically the founder China, the pioneer of Western science there as well as {bite tra. Bertha Lam Iitongone, ik can n): boo Shan bead ines the gifted scholar subsequently ceriticates of Met Ebihare' Giapany, 8 Raehina aaa) 8 hima Coe:
Wilitam Wu. (Peking), anti-foreign prejudices. Li BMa-teo, as Ricci was called by the Chinese, owed his imperial favours as well as his elegant Chinese style to the famous Sia Kuang-ki, scholar, statesman, and champion Christianity, who twice visited Macao early in the 17th century.
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