20,000th Number: Mr.
Chang.
Yung-ho's Services The "Shun Pao," the oldest exist ing Chinese daily newspaper, sued on November 19 its 20,000th number, Elaborate celebrations took place in its building at 24 Hankow Road, in which its entire staff, more than 400 in number, On this epoch-making day in the history of the "Shun Pao," the managers and staff did not forget for, Mr. Chang Yung-ho, in the past 26 "years. Mr. Chang' joined the servancy' and endurance.
Mr. Chang was one of the first graduates of the Peking Imperial University and was sent over to Japan for higher studies. He was responsible "for the establishment of a number of schools and colleges in this part of China after the abolishing of the civil service examination system during the last its of the Tsing regime, and was iter invited to join the jou profession on account of his scholastic achievements, The first edition of the "Shun Pao! was issued on April 30, 1872. It was printed on a sheet of thin Chinese paper, which was foled to compose eight pages measuring '91 inches, A copy of this still lies in the "Shun Pao" library. Now the paper issues each day from 24 to 48 pages, 16 by 22.75 inches, Its circulation has grown from a few hundred to 150,000 and it is now one of the most up-to-date and best equipped newspapers in China,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.