Our official, organ, "The Blue Cross," has now run into its seventh issue, and I feel sure you will all agree that this magazine fulfills a most valuable purpose as an adver-rising medium of the society's activities. That its production entails a great deal of time and hard work must be apparent anyone who, peruses sit with care. For this we have to thank, in the first place, Mr. H. Gale Duncan whose services, however, we unfortunately lost upon his departure from Shanghai ju December. In the sec-and place we have to thank Mr. D. H. Cooke, who very kindly took in hend the production of the sixth issue when Mr. Gale Duncan left; and in the third place we have to thank Mr. H. L. Bridger who is at present acting as honorary editor.
It was with very deep regret that we learned of the death in November last of Mr, Chang Nieh-yun,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.