The morning call., 1890-06-28
China.


1t is rumored that certain foreigners in Picking,
acting in concert with Chang, late Minister 10
Washington, have been endeavoring to put
"blg thing" through in Peking. after the style OF
the famous MtkiewilZ concessions, most OF the
money required coming from America. Nothing
dehulte, however, seems 10 have been accom-
pllshed yet.
The proposal to establish tea warehouse at
FOochow, TO enable up-countTy teanlen 10 sell
theiI teas direct 10 foreigners, Is again mooted.
The combination Is Intended, 1t seems, TO be
worked on tie cooperative principle. aud the
services OF a foreign tea-taster are to be en-
gagged. ii is calculated that teas will pass into
ihe hands OF foreign buyers by this means at a
greatly reduced cost.
Tie tea market at Hankow has opened with
very encouraging prOSpects-a big crop, big
prices and big Profits to leamen. Opinion is not
unanimous as TO quality. but the general ini-
preston Is that NingehOws age inferior TO those
oil last season, keenuns up TO the average, and
the Hankow district teas superior all round.
The Shanghai Herald sums up The results OF
Tue missionary conference, May 18th, as follows:
Reading over fifty valuable essays on different
topics; appointment OF committees to consider
ana report upon The proper method OF ttansat-
ing The Bible Iuto The Chinese language; The
printing oil a Bible in the Chinese language, with
summaries, chapter headings, brief EXPLANATIONS
ana annotatoDs; protest against The gown aud
sale OF opium, as We'll asant-Opium pills Contain
ing morpbia; appointment OF committee 10 ln-
qure into the use OF alcoholic liquors by Chinese
native Christians; reviewing the work aud ma
telial assels-books, maps, blocks, etc. OF The
storage and sale of standatd books al important
ceDleIS; appointment OF committee TO present a
statement 10 the Chinese Government, making IL
clear TO the minds OF those IN authority in Chiua
what Christianity is, and what II aims at; an ap-
peal 10 The women OF ClrlsteBdOln TO send more
lady missionaries TO China; statistics OF mission
woik IN China giving an account of forty-two
organizations; reports oil the number OF mission
aries aud commandments.
The number OF native communicates reported
IN 1877 was u, O35; al tile end of $50 the num-
Der was 37,2S1-an Increase OF more than 2S6
per cent. / he contributions OF The native Chris
lIans only for the year 1889 were S36,6S4 54,
winch lacks ii tie less Than S4O3 of being an
average OF 81 member Tor all the native com
munlcants III the empire.
There are 529 organized churches, Of which
ninety-four ale wholly seli-supporiing, aud
iortynne others partly SO. III the sixty-One
hospitals and the numerous dispenSaFles with
out hospitals were Treated In 1889 total OF
34S, 43J patients. Tie remainder OF the report
CONSISTS OF miscellaneous wOik.
The authorities at Canton have captured
isehg-lu yu-chuan, the most noted pirate on the
coast, together with eight other rngeaders, Il
great plumber Of confederaLes, five boats aud
Quantities Of arms aud ammunition. The pris-
UDer5 we've all executed.
The q oyerDor of FOimosa has been appointed
Assistant Director OF the Board of Admiralty in
succession 10 The Marquis Tseug.
Mt. ilS0n, second engineer OF the steamer
Fla -chiug was drowned when the steamer burned.