Commercial School, which commenced the winter term on September 16 and was conducted on a tour of inspection by Mr. N. P. Pokrovsky, the Principal. M. Auge was pleased 4|by the general cleanliness of the school and' the orderliness of its pupils. On September 15, one day before the resumption of studies, a ^|religious service was held in the school and the various pupils were allotted their new classes. The Rus-4|sian Commercial School at present has 163 pupils, but daily the number is growing. Many new pupils are arriving from Harbin, since with the radical scholastic reform in that city parents are unable to give their children an education according to the Pre-revolutionary Russian curriculum, and prefer to make use of Russian' schools in Shanghai. At present the Commercial School hag 76 boarders, 42 of whom are free, and 87 day-scholars, 69 of whom are free. With this predominance of pupils who receive their education, and—in the case of boarders—their food and lodging free of charge, the school cannot, of course, be self. supporting; and it is foreseen that a sum will have to be raised to cover deficits that are bound to result in the future. For a fee of $17 a month a boarder is given breakfast, tiffin (which includes meat) and a dinner of two courses. Up to the 5th Form his uniform is composed of a white shirt and khaki shorts, while in the 5th, 6th and 7th Forms he wears a white shirt and long black trousers. Girls wear white skirts and khaki Eh. Metzler, head of the Emi-grouts' Committee, has received a telegram from Tientsin advising that since it is next to impossible for Russians to find a position in North China or to receive material help from charitable organizations, it would be inadvisable for Russians to leave for North China at the present time.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.