drugs ; the wax is no 



t swallowed. Thirdly i 



t is largely used 



whei 



„,,,,. 



it is desired to put a gloss on articles of almo 









Tl.< 



operation is always pe 



rformed in the same w.i] 



,-. The' 







■«,.(!. 



be it fine paper, cottc 











vhitc 



soles of Chinese shoes 



, is first rubbed with a i 











and is then polished w 



■ith a smooth stone rube 











informed, in reply to 



my inquiries, that this 









gloss on silk fabrics. 



I cannot of course vouch for t 



he accuracy of 



this 



I must in conclusion a<ld a word of apology for the meagreness of this 

 report, which I hope on a future occasion to supplement, and for the 

 incompleteness of the information at second ami third hand with which 

 I have been compelled to content myself. It has not, however, been 

 possible for me to visit even T'ung ch'eng during the past summer. An 

 expedition of the kind to be of much use would have necessitated an 

 absence from my post that would not have been convenient at the present 

 juncture. To obtain the specimens of the T'ung-ch'ing and Pai-la trees, 

 the twigs coated wi:h wax. the small specimen of the wax itself, manu- 

 factured on the spot, accompanying this report, I was obliged to avail 

 myself of the services o£ a Chinese furnished me by Fath 

 The dried specimens are, I am afraid, not satisfactory in themselves or 

 at all skilfully dried, but I trust they will prove sufficient to determine 

 accurately the nature of the two trees. The wax coated candles were 

 bought in "\Yuhu, and are coated with Ssu-chuan wax. 



(Signed) B. C. George Scott, 



Her Britannic Majesty's Consulate. Consul. 



Wuhu, October 23rd, 1884. 



CCCIIL— MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Mr. William Granger, Office-keeper and Store-keeper :. 

 Jjirden.s retired on the 30th April last, after iorfv-three ve 

 Ir. Grander was hi-hlv respected ami estocmed'bv the wl 



■, ,p. ,-t.r-._ 



faithful service th? Lords 

 ring pension. 



Se; - ■• ■-'.! ro Mons. K. An 



plant of this remarkable Senecio which he discovered i 

 and introduced into France in 1890. It forms a rosette I 

 each over a yard in length and a foot in width, sagittate ^ 

 edg^es, and a raised frill like midrib. The stem rises 



