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concern flourishing in the colony which is directed by a number of individuals, toge of whom can influence ten cents worth of business from one year's end to the other, and whose whole career of managership has been nothing but gross bungling and blundering at the expense of the shareholders. Needless to say that the majority, if not absolutely the whole, of these "jobbers-that is their proper designa- tion-have regularly drawn their liberal salaries, made every possible use of the confidential information in their possession to gamble in the company's shares-that is, to play with "packed hands" against the shareholders and the public-and, instead of working out seven years on the tread-mill, are still holding their heads high amongst the haul ton of the colony. And this particular company is by no means an exception to the prevailing custom. How ever, we have neither time nor space at our disposal at present to deal in striatim with the scandalous “çorner" In director- ships for which Hongkong has so long been notorious, but hope at no far distant date to thoroughly dissect and place in its proper light before the public what is a disgraceful blot on our commercial system.

schemes, it is doubtful whether this old gentle man's connection with the Insurance Company did it much good. He went neck and crep into almost anything and everything; and though the Directory of Directors only registers him as a director of three or four Companies, it is not because his name has only appeared on that number of prospectuses, but because the majority of the newer schemes did not float. indeed, everything-came as fish to his net, Cabs, bread, fire-engines, land, soap, mortgages and be swallowed the lot. Now, we contend instances where the dame of a sound under- that this old gentleman is but one of many

taking has been dragged through the mire to benefit personal aims. The system is wrong and unfair, and it is the duty of co-directors or shareholders to see that this sort of thing is put a stop to. If a man dock not possess a public to support him, he has no right to conjure name strong enough to induce the investing with the good name of any successful Company he is an official of with the object of not benefit. ing that Company, but benefiting himself. A great deal could be written on this subject, and some day we will return to it.

In conclusion, we would draw the attention of in the hope that they may derive benefit from investors to the remarks we have made to-day,

them, and that they may take some steps to educate directors up to their duties.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. MONDAY, the 10th inst. (Whit Monday) being a public holiday, there will be no issue of the Hongkong Telegraph.

THE public auction of valuable building sites at the Peak, announced to take place on Saturday the 15th inst., has been postponed until Monday the 17th at 5 pm.

As will be seen by a notice in another column, the Post and Stamp Offices will be closed on Monday next, and there will be no delivery of correspondence at the Peak. The night box,

Tux agents (Messrs. Adamson, Bell & Co.) treated of the possibility of making an earlier The other island has no missionary station and inform us that the Shire" Line steamship diagnosis. They admit the absence of chamace never had any, I lived on both. The unconverted Merionethshire left Singapore for Hongkongreristic symptoms of 'enteric fever, which is one ones were savages, cannibals who eat their this moraing..

of the most insidious diseases. The temperature enemies killed in war (this perhaps accounted In the earlier stages of the case, when Surgeon found them courteous and truthful, abstainers was never typical or suggestive of typhoid, far, there being no missionaries there) I Osborne was in the case, I carefully examined. the patient, as I do in all fever cases. Typhoid these. They had a code of laws which was, from intoxicating liquors, for they had none of was thought of then, but there were no symp-strictly adhered to, and were very redral in their toms of any kind to point to it-there was domestic relations. The converted Kanakas, on constipation, but no pain or tenderness in the the other hand, loved rum and other fire waters, required more than ordinary precautions to be had learned to drink at the mission station. The abdomen, nor was his temperature such as besides having a craving for beer, which they taken. Up to Surgeon Osborne leaving I missionaries sold them tins of preserved mutton, treated the case with diuretics, until a and believing it to be potted white man they paid change in the temperature caused me to think long prices for the delicacy and devoured it with the fever was malarial. Next morning I was great gusto; besides killing a fat young woman greenbly surprised to find the temperature come or two when the preserved stock ran low. 'Truth down from roo 2 to 102. It was undoubtedly a was a stranger in this isle and morals they had but many other medical men have been similarly missionary work in the South Sens, and I doubt case of typhoid, as shown by the post-mortem, none. This is only one of many samples of mistaken without being tried for the offence as if it is much better in China, Pen though it were a crime. In the case of the Prince Apologizing for taking, up so much space on such a worn-out subject, I beg to subscribe myself

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THE China Mail insinuates that the Governor postponed the meeting of the Legislative Council convened for yesterday because one of the un- official members had given notice of a question regarding the delay in clearing away the cv smelling rubbish from the Queen's Road that was likely to prove inconvenient to answer, Our contemporary is playing the game low down, and no mistake.

Consort, he was taken ill in September, and although attended by Jenner and Clark the disease was only found out in December. 1 admit that I was in error, but in my opinion, and to the best of my ability, I treated the case properly, giving the patient every attention I thought his state denianded, and 'administering temperature come down, which I now attribute quinine. I took special precautions, as I saw his to the quinine. A serious collapse occurred on the night of the gth, and brought his tempera- ture down to 06, but to say that he continued in a state of collapse for four days is

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the following article on the same subject, which we extract from a well known London contemporary, specially devoted to questions of finance and investment, the Weekly Bulletin:—

DIRECTORS' DUTIES.

The duties of directors is a subject that has been written on so frequently that we paused before referring to it again. Still, there are various points in connection with the subject that have not yet been dealt with, and we think they are too important to be overlooked.

There is probably no class of men holding more responsible positions than directors of public Companies; yet who are the great majority of these gentlemen, and what are their special capabilities for guiding the affaits of a public Company? It is really lamentable, and nothing less, to see Company after Company out under the auspices of a board of directors totally unfitted to carry out the duties for which they are paid by the shareholders. The fact of the matter is

MAGNESIA the practical working of the business, and they

AN Emergency meeting of Zetland Lodge, No.. Zetland Street, on Monday, the toth instant, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely, Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

France from Buenos Ayat present 10,000 French- A CANG of French colliers have lately returned to They say that there are at mea in the Argentine Republic who cannot find work and are starving,

THE agents (Messrs. Melchers & Co.) inform us that the Norddeutscher Lloyd's steamship Sachsen, with the German mails from Berlin of the 14th May, left Singapore for this port at 5 am. today, and may be expected on or about Wednesday, the 12th inst.

base ball banquet at New York, among other CHAUNCEY M. Daraw, in a speech at a recent

When I was in England last things, said: difference between the newspaper in America summer Mr. Gladstone said to me, 'What is the

and those in this country. The newspapers in England, 1 replied, devote ten columos to reporting Parliamentary proceedings and ball a column to a cricket match, while in America the

newspapers give the Congressional proceedings half a column and a bast-ball game ten columns,>"

yesterday afternoon three foreign residents

I hope you will acquit me-this is a terribly grave charge, only backed up by hearsay evidence from the lower deck, and a few.

throughout. As I found Dr. Osborne in charge of the Conquert when I arrived, and concluded that he had been for some time, 1 thought that if a sick mess was considered

ing of the 9th 1 felt very unwell, so I seat for necessary be would base set one up before.

With regard to the other charge, on the morn

Dr. Patterson, and asked him to do my daty and report to the captain. I think I could have done it, but it would have been an effort, as I had had a sleepless night. It was after his visit that Lient. Macfarlane visited me, when I had taken a dose of chloral, which I think was, THE CHARGES AGAINST A NAVAL beginning to affect me. At the beginning 1

hand in Hongkong waters, is again in command of the E. & A. Co's steamship Guthrie. Capt. Green was promoted some time ago to be Superintendent of the Company's steamers at discovered that a shore billed, was the forging Sydney, but after a long spell in that line be the paradise he had imagined, and the for a return to the old sea life was too strong to be denied. The many local friends of the genial midst, looking so hale and hearty. 'Sammy' will be glad to see him again in our

SURGEON. 1.

The court-martial on Staff Surgeon Magrane, board the Victor Emanuel. of H.M.S. Conquest, was continued to-day, on

Di. Lloyd, Deputy Surgeon General, concluded Court he said:-If Piddler was in the state his evidence last evening. In answer to the described by Dr. Patterson, on the 10th May, the mode in which he was conveyed to hospital was improper, I cannot say whether his method of transmission accelerated his death, as I think his illness, perforation of the intestines, which I think took place during the previous night, was fatal,

Cross-examined by the defendant-The pro- Gress of ulceration was undoubtedly early in the case of Piddle, but it is difficult to say when it begins. If a medical naval officer fails to make a correct diagnosis of an obscure case, it depends on circumstances whether he should be consi- dered in error. An attack of delirium tremens

the symptoms in Piddler's case point in my opinion to the main perforation having occurred some time before he entered the hospital.

said I thought I had taken a little too much to drink the previous day.

When I was ordered out to this station i should have come in a trooper, but was unable to do so, on account of an epidemic in my family; so I came on by the first mail steamer, and, children were, I got low-spirited and nervous, expecting to get a letter telling me, how my and it induced me to drink more than was good

me.

Defendant then called Lieut. Mills, a former shipmate of his. He said:-1 served with you for about two months in the early part of last year on the Impregnable, at Devonport, and your conduct was such as to make me regret your leaving us at Portsmouth, and look forward to meeting you here, when I heard with much pleasure of your appointment to the Conquest

There was no other evidence.

A number of the prisoner's testimonials were then read, and the Court cleared.

After a prolonged deliberation the Court found and ordered the prisoner to be deprived the Conquest.

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Yours truly,

Hongkong, 7th June, 1889)

CANTON,

TRAVELLER.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

Canton, 7th June, 1889, Monday last (Dragon festival) to one of the A fatal accident occurred on the evening of principal Mandarins of the Whampoa Arsenal who was on a visit here for the day. After dining at Honam he was on his way, accom panied by a friend who had been studying law in America, to the Flower boats, when the sampan in the strong tide got foul of the black buoy and capsized. The Mandarin and boatman were drowned. The lawyer escaped, exemplify- ing the old saying that the devil always takes care of his own. ƒ

the collapic of one of the buildings, but although Rumour has been rife amongst the Chinese the last day or two of an accident at the Mint by I have made enquiries I have been unable to verify it and the weather is too uncertain still to venture so far east to see what foundation thera really is for the rumour.

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The glass doors at the Viceroy's University have suffered greatly by the recent rains and stormy weather.

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Hyacinth, said-The range and variation on Robert Frederick Yeo, staff surgeon on the the temperature chart show this case to be lever of a serious kind which needed careful watching. I should also consider attention to diet was essential. The temperatures should have been continuously recorded. If I had been treating such a case as this in the Harbour I should have sent li to hospital far earlier in its history than was the case. In such a case if had been treating it, I should have considered it necessary to have seen the patient twice a day. The prescriptions administered by Surgeon Patterson to Surgeon Magrane are such as would be given to a person suffering from an excessive use of intoxicants.

His cross-examination commenced this morn- ing. He said I sat in the Court of Inquiry held into this case at the Naval Hospital." I will answer as an expert only, if possible, however, The change in temperature in Piddler's case between the 6th and 9th May indicates collapse. On the oth it resembled that of a typhoid fever. consider that he must have been ill eight or ten days before the temperatures were taken. I cannot say so definitely, however.

Captain Henderson, in concluding his case, stated that there was evidence that Piddler had been alling for some time before he saw the defendant, a statement which the Court refused to receive.

The Court then called.

that these gentlemen do not comprehend what the many duties of a Company director are. They seem to look upon any undertaking of which they become directors as a description of THE gentleman who tenants the cellar of No. 7 automatic machine which will go ahead on its Wyndham Street is a daring spirit who, unless own account, and never require guiding or any be quickly turns over a new leaf, will shortly find thing else. They trust too much to the old himself in the meshes of the law-If a worse fate employes, who are supposed to know all about does not overtake him. Between 5 and 6 o'clock (the directors) merely meet once a week or so la one of them an attach of the Public Works the directors, though they may not know it noticed volumes of smoke issuing from the and would be the last to own it, are really in narrow alley way to the north of No. 7. After the hands of the employes, who ate well considerable trouble they succeeded in breaking aware that the body of gentlemen placed over them as administrators-in-chief know nothing and forcing their way through, when they found down the gate, which was strongly barricaded, whatever of the business they are supposed to large fires burning fiercely in two adjoining conduct. We know of several instances where rooms or cellars and showing every likelihood of this sort of thing is going on today. The em spreading to the upper storey, a number of ployds are having all their own way, the direc-beams or joists stretching across the roof of the tors are too blind and ignorant to know what is cellar offering first-class "kindling." A few going on, and the shareholders are paying the buckets of water, were quickly available and piper..

the danger was over--but what would have happened bad these thres gentlemen not been present at an opportune time is not difficult to realise. There can be little doubt that a considerable portion of Wyndham Street would have been burned down, and the upper portion of D'Aguilar Street could hardly have escaped. And what did it all mean? Only that the tenant of these cellars, finding them damp after recent rains, started a huge bonfire in each cellar for drying purposes. And yet people wonder at the large number of fires in the colony. THE following memorial to the Throne from the Governor of Kwangsi, on the subject of guard boats for the protection of the traffic in the West River, has been approved by the Emperor

Wu-chou Fu," says the Governor, "is the centre of an important system of rivers. Up stream there is communication with Nan-ning and Liu-chou Fu, in the opposite direction is the route to Canton, and at the side comes in the branch from Kuei-lin. These wide walers are thronged with trading vessels, andtheir vast extent affords concealment to lurking pirates. In addi tion, therefore, to the cruisers belonging to the Government, the merchants of Wu-chou were formerly in the babit of providing a fleet of ten guardboats, which were placed under the orders of the naval officer in command at the spot. This HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1889.

they did of their own free-will, in the Interests of their trade, defraying the expenses by a rate We have frequently directed public atten-

on all goods brought to Wu-chou for sale. After a time the system was blemished by faults, which tion to the unsatisfactory manner in which

it would have been well to correct. But instead the directorships of public companies in

of this, the late Governor Li Ping-heng did away this colony are manipulated, and have

with the boats altogether, saying that their duties could be performed by the Government cruisers; thereby gained in certain interested

and he spoke of the abolition of the rate as the circles a considerable amount of opposi-

removal of an extra charge levied by the Wu- chou Customs. He acted; however, somewhat tion and Ill-will. That, however, is

over hastily, and did not take into consideration neither here nor there, and is only what

either the fact that the dues were contributed by every independent newspaper may expect

the merchants for their own protection, or that the Government forces at hand might not be in a community which is almost entirely

suficient for the complete protection of trade. made up of wheels within wheels. The

The present memorialist after his arrival in general rule followed in selecting directors

Kangal found that traders were suffering from a feeling of lasecurity and that want of funds of the various limited liability enterprises

prevented him from increasing the Imperial flourishing (or decaying) in our midst should not overlook: that is, to be very careful the officers to do their utmost in exercising sur

Then there is another duty which a director navy. He could, therefore, do no more than urge would seem to place lack of influence and how he uses the name of any Company of vaillance over the river. Afterwards the naval thoroughly established incompetency as which he is a director. It is a very common commander at Wa-chou represented that com the leading qualifications for these liberally thing to see on the prospectus of a new under-plete protection of trade was beyond the taking the name of Mr. So-and-so "director | powers" of his flotilla, as so many of the paid sinecures it cannot be denied that of" such and a Company. As a rule, the boats were engaged in guarding the various on the boards of many of our public com Company quoted is the most prosperous with ikin offices or in escorting treasure, and The case for the defence was then opened.

which he is associated, and the mere fact of Government stores. In the performance of panies are men' who' possess aelther the undertaking being a successful, institution the latter duty they constantly, had to make the

Dr. Martin, the defendant's next friend, read a statement on his behalf. It was as follows character, influence, ability, money, self- acts as a recommendation to Mr. So-and-10, and voyago to Nanning, a distance, going and I am in the unfortunate position of appearing respect, special experience-or, in fact, stamps him to a certain extent as a good man. returning, of more than a thousand. He before you as a prisoner, after sixteen years But it is very unfair to the shareholden in a therefore suggested that the merchants should service in H. M. Navy, during which time I any of those attributes which one

prosperous Company to see any of its directors be allowed to resume the system of providing have always done my duty to the satisfaction of would regard as not merely desirable but associating themselves with questionable a force of guard-boats for themselves. The my superiors, both executive and medical. The a's an absolute nece sity before entrusting directors of this, that, and the other concern, through the Prefect at Wu-chou, what really was

schemes, and advertising the fact that they are renorialist took the precaution of finding out, first charge that of negligence in the perform

ance of my duty between the 30th April and the such persons with the management of We know of many instances where this bas been the popular with. He was assured in reply that 9th May I respectfully but firmly deny. With large and Important commercial under-prostitute the names of sound undertakings to the guard boats, and they would be particularly I was able to do my duty and report to Capt. where men have done little less than the merchants were most desirous of restoring the exception of the 9th May, when I was sick, takings and giving them carte blanche in enable them to profit thereby, Take, as an exam- picased if a former Prefect at Wi-chou, named Henderson. The evidence in support of the dealing with other people's money. ple, one case, that of a benevolent-looking old He Yao-chang, were entrusted with the collection charge of neglect brought against me has Farming directorships has become a

gentleman, whose career has been of a somewhat of the dues, as be was well-known to the mer been derived from a very unreliable source chequered description, and who some years ago chants and, like most of them, was a Canton I mean the lower deck evidence; most of trade in Hongkong, and a very lucrative became a director of a life insurance of high man. The memorialist has therefore re-instituted the witnesses were messmates, of the deceased; one indeed to quite a number of pseudo- standing and well-known respectability. This the old systems, placing it under the charge of or biassed, and unable to come to a fair conclu- old gentleman some time afterwards caught Ho Yao-chang. He has given orders that the sion with respect to the extenuating circumstances philanthropists whose names are on what may be termed "fee fever," and caliated strictest economy must be practised; in the which I think should be taken into consideration our list, and with whom we intend as a director on all manner of Companies. On administration of the fund. If a murplus be to have a day of reckoning before of bis new undertakings be advertised collected in any unusual prosperous years, it himself as a director of the life office in question, must carefully be retained for use at future times lung, There is one joint stock and, judging by the character of some of the when the receipts may be less

We contend, however, that the first duty of a Company director is to seriously consider whether or not he is a suitable man to fill the appointment offered to bim. He cannot believe himself to be so without good reasons, and if he concludes that he is not, he has no right to accept the position. He may blackball himself for many reasons Perhaps he has not the quired time to devote to the underskings he may know nothing whatever of the business he is asked to associate himself with be may be a perfect ignoramus on business and Gnancial matters generally; may not be actually satisfied in his own mind that the scheme is a bond fide one, and that the proposed Company is not over-capitalised. There are but a few reasons why he should refuse the invitation to become a director. The mere fact of his getting a few hundred pounds per annum named or a dozen others of the obstacles named, or a dozen cibers which could be put forward.

Surgeon Craig, of the Victor Emanuel He stated:-From the post-mortem examination, and the fact that the deceased vomited during the previous night and was described by Surgeon Patterson as having a drawn, baggard face, and being evidently seriously ill, I should consider that perforation set in the night before his death. If that was so, and considering the state he was in when received him at the Hospital at 10.30 on the roth, I hardly think a medical man would take the case to be one of simple con- tinued fever 9.30 the same morning... His disease was so described by the defendant, in the report which he sent along with the prisoner to the Hospital, and was improperly described, as seen from the post-mortem. I do not think he could have made so serious a mistake if he had given proper attention to the patient that morning--that is to say, if the patient had been thoroughly examined I don't think his condition should have been overlooked. Putting aside the post-mortem examination, and speaking as an expert, I should consider, an comparing the temperature chart with the statement sent in describing the abdominal pains, vomiting. &c., that the defendant was not justified in tinued fever. I should have diagnosed it as describing the case as one of simple and con- being more serious. 7 did not enter the case, on strival at the Hospital, as one of enteric fever, In ordinary cases of fever diet is not of vital Importances, but in a case like this I would have put him on sick mess.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents in this onima)

Several of the home papers have lately been offering prizes for the best scare "experienced by the writers. I have read a great many of the stories put forward for competition, but do not think that any of them can equal the scare a young fellow-named H had a few years ago. He was at the time an officer in the Canton squadron of Revenue cruisers. The vessel he was in had only two Europeaus, the officer in

were lying under steam in a small bay at the back of the Hakka Channel, near Macao, H had landed at a place where he could watch the Channel without being seen himself and was, of ' course, watching for mugglers, who always came through the Channel with a fair wind and tide. Suddenly one boat hove in sight; then THE MISSIONARIES.

several more. They were all salt boats. Down be TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HonaKONG TERORAPIE," rushed to the vessel, and told his brother officer SIR-Io the report of a special sermon on what he had seen. It only took a few moments to Missionary work in China" in last night's slip the cables and round the point. In five China Mail, preached by the Rev. Mr. Bond- minutes they were right in the middia of the field in the Scotch Church last Sunday, the Rew smugglers It. was impossible for these poor gentleman gives some details of the working of beggars to turn back, so they had to make the the missionaries in this part of the world. best of a bad job. Hot, work ensued for a few He says they commenced operations seriously minutes. Htook the gig and drove the crews in 1842, after studying the language”, and out of as many of the junks as he could-leaving dictionary-making under the protection of the East India Co. for 35 years. They have he took it. By the time he had taken the last one of the gig's crew in charge of each junk as been evangelizing now for 47 years and he gives junk he had only one man left. During this as the result 34.555 converts, besides some time the gun-vessel had been engaged with a scholars. This is not a result to brag about for number of junks on the other side of the Channel, 82 years work with 1123 foreign. missionaries, and had all her work cut out. Seeing that a 162 native ditto, and 1,200 not ordained total number of smugglers had made a stand on the 2,485. Mr. Bondfield does not say what these beach after they had been driven ashore, H, 34.555 converts have cost; perhaps the Rev. with his remaining man, ran the gig ashore, and gentleman doesn't know Perhaps he was opened fire on them. He was armed with a frightened to say for fear it would scare the Snider carbine and revolver, but the latter had congregation into not 'chipping in' when the bag been emptied early in the fight. He carried his went round alter they had realized what a power Snider ammunition in one of the old-fashioned, of dollars had been wasted He only says thai square, tin-lined pouches. After firing for some as little foreign money as possible is spent ; and time, he compelled the smugglers to run. They remarks that the native congregation anted up had a'saying in the Service that once get Chinese $44,000 last year. That is only about $40 a year on the run, and you could keep then going as long for the European staff, therefore an immense as you planted. This belief was rather rudely sum of money must have been spent to make shaken as the sequel will show. With a light up the rest, as it is well known that the misheart, therefore, H called on bis man to sionaries in China do not imitate the founder follow, and pursued the smugglers, determined: of their religion and go about without any to make them drop their arms. He was by no thing in their purse, but in these degene means a coward, and would at anytime fight a rate days travel first-class on the coast, second fellow smaller than himself H was coming in the mail steamers-unless in the case of up on them, hand over hand, when suddenly bishops and such like exalted male and female they stopped. This not being part of the pro- dignatories, live in same house with their wives gramme, H- very naturally stopped also. and children, draw good salaries, with a special On glancing over his shoulder he found to his extra allowance for every increase in the family, horror that his man had not followed him, and, go home on furlough occasionally, and spout their also that he was fully half a mile from any kind of real and imaginary hardships at Exeter Hall, help Determined to die hard, he put his hand calmly asking the credulous British public to round to his pouch for a cartridge Heavens ! subcribe so that they may be enabled to come there wasn't one there. They had all been back to China or elsewhere and have a good ilme shaken out during the race across the sand, of it in converting "John," who wants none of He could feel his cap (s heavy one, with a their converting.

➡bito cover) rising, and his heart seemed to be A missionary in the South Seas In the course in als mouth. Half-a-mile from help, and tea of conversation once told me that each convest armed smugglers within twenty yards of him! cost £50. I had one of his converts highly Everything he had done during his lifetime recommended to me by him for a servant whilst passed rapidly before him, Visions of a broken. travelling in the Solomon Group, and found him colume in Happy Valley, his debts, and of the Har of the first water, treacherous, and the most girl he used to correspond with fitted across immoral scoundrel I ever met, and yet he would his brain. The time seemed hours, but in sing bymna, and preach in his own fashion as reality could have only been a few seconds, him. I don't suppose the Chinese convert is smugglers would be upon him in a moment. well as the best parson in China-if it paid Well he knew that if he turned back the very much better than the example I have just Even now they seemed to be making a move quoted.

ty towards him. At once he made up his mind, The Rev. Mr. Bondfeld winds up his discourse *H, my boy" he said to himself, "neck or by calling for sympathy and support, on the nothing Reaching his hand round he took ground that there is much quiet honest work out an imaginary cartridge, placed it it in the done that claims support. Why, may I ask, rife, and closing the breech-block with a loud should missionaries claim sympathy and support snap, charged right into the middle of the for their work more than other people

smugglers. Utterly astonished at such a plece Ifa man is paid to work he works; and he does of daring, (H, says it was far from that, not call for sympathy because he has to work as he was never in mich, a funke In his life) The missionaries are, I consider, very well they scattered like sheep Their muskels must paid for what they do-(although I fail to see have all been emply, and they never had the good of their labors) they have comfortable time to reload. H followed them for some homes, good salaries, and a dalsy time of it time, taking precious good care, however, altogether,

not to overtake them. The smugglers pasting travellers and careless newspaper writers, gig. There he interviewed the seller who had As for the so-called absurd statements of soon forged ahead, and H-returned to the that's all bunkum, at all events until the Rev. Left him in the lurch It partook of the style of Bondfeld can show us something more subs an Interview that Bill Nre had with the stantial in the way of figures (and can verify the Heathen Chinee only more so, Carious to same) than he has done so far,

grown loager by two inches. This account for relate, His hair did not turn grey, but it bad. the curious phenomenon of his cap rising from his bead. After he had gone on board and flattened his hair down again, lovely process of fifteen bosts could be seen tire and where, the two

In conclusion, if anyone wishes to kapy what good effects missionary instruction has may mention that there are two lalander in the Solomon Group, South Pacific one of which hay in treating such an obscure case as that of missionary station with a grand house, "ulfitated Fiddler's The evidence of experts was called, on the best spot in the land plenty of good chow and consisted of those who had seen the case, chow," fine cilmate, and plenty of, who stated facts, and others, who had not, I the work. This has been erablish