While the contents of this letter Imet with the full approval of the Shanghai Municipal Council, it was dificult to light upon any' other form of work beyond the stone breaking and wood sawing then being done, and these have continued to this day, though it is to be noted in a report submitted by' ian foreed to work the Might or the first morning, and that sick men are pat on cleaning Jdows and dusting. "Most of them continues this report, spare time to study, others games. On Sunday the men may go out it they wish, Bat I think they would much rather stay in three meals are given and no work."
In May. 1926, after paying a visit to the Work Shelter, Mr. F. E, H. Groenman, Consul-General {for the Netherlands, made a gift of sheets and mattress covers for alli the beds, "so that as far as possible every newcomer may, be provided {with clean bed sheets." A kindly act, which time has not yet played four, for the sheets and covers which the gave are still in use though greyed by much washing in Shang-thai water, which does not tend to leach cotton goods.
A special dispensation to be allow-td out at night to attend Easter [Services and again at Christ (Gated according to the Calendar), are subjects of fairly recent correspondence kept in the files, throwing a light on the nationality of many of the inmates. For' some time past the majority of those applying for a bed have been ly.|enee now, ranging in age Russians. "Twenty-two are in resid-twenty to' seventy-two years. It is four months since a Englishman lasked for admittance, and he stayed only three days, though records of past years show that at one time the greater number of inmates: nailed from the United Kingdom.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.