Brith population of Wala at the 1 is interesting 10 ole that the
end of 1640 wae 17 Men 88 Women Chitra. crease of 10 Men and tncreatés of 7 Women ud etitaren compared with the previous Sear, but of course, avery maried Feduetion'on precocéupation years, The tolas population of Hankow has been enimafeda¢ 906000, Conclusion would be foolhardy and useless attempt any forecast of the future jand our survey of the year give us ttle, it anything, from which more than the most negative sort of deductions may be made, since only ina few relatively unimportant directions from the business point of view can it be said that we might be worse off. That is cold comfort, But, Gene
Jand a half years? of frustration, bitter Hemen, we have seen through, two Jdisappointments and unprecedented Jdificulties, and all the battling and "the thoughts that have breathed and the words that have burned" during that time, undoubtedly securing for jus a position we would not otherwise have maintained—all that effort, JGentleman, would be belied and betrayed by' the adoption now of any cofeatist attitude of sitting down with our ands folded, me revive, therefore, the simile Jof the blank wall and venture" to suggest that it is our duty mentally—Jas well as physically—to keep Int and Jactive in preparation either for the scaling of it, or for its rumbling, oF for its demolition, because, although we here may temporarily Nave dropped out of the economic sphere, we have not dropped out of the British sphere and on the other side of that banke wall which meanwhile faces us, there will be much to do, (Applause)
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