There are now two motor boats plying every fifteen minutes between Amoy and Kulangsu, the advant of which to the public has been inestimable, The difficulties frequently experienced, specially elderly persons, in boarding the old jumping sampans when the tide was running strong has been reduced to a minimum. The fare is 5 cents either way, and the boats run from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m, The idea of putting these boats in commission had been long under consideration and months ago an order was placed by the Amoy Municipality to build two vessels for this service.
They are still in process of construction, At some distant day they may be finished.
In the meantime enterprising Formosans took up the matter and began a motor service on their own account, which soon was stopped, and two motor boats belonging to the Chi" Bee School were chartered, refitted at the local dock and began operating on July 1. Probably it was the institution of the Taiwan ferries which hastened the inauguration of the new service, If these had not started the public would still be awaiting the arrival of the new boats from the Chinese ship-builders in Shanghai and would have been inconvenienced for a long time. The advantages are so obvious that a departure could not now be tolerated without vigorous objections being raised,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.