quantities all over the provinces of South China, and the walls of Canton City and the delta towns are literally covered with the brightly coloured advertisement posters used by the Company. Both the cheap and high-grade brands of cigarettes are in great favour with the Chinese, and their well-known "Three Castles" are to be obtained in every part of the Empire. The Company are also agents for, and do a large business in the high-class cigarettes "Bouton Rouge" and "Felucca," manufactured by Maspero Frères, Limited, Cairo, Egypt. The head office for the South China territory is at No.18, Bank Buildings, Hongkong, and there are branch offices in Canton and all the important coast ports.
CHINA BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY.
This organisation at Canton publishes for all American Baptist Missionaries in the Chinese Empire, and it also prints for the general missionary body in the two Kwang Provinces, it was organised in February, 1899, and during eight years its presses have issued over 3.000,000 volumes. Over 750,000 volumes were sent out during 1907. The Society now has 120 different titles on its catalogue, and a number of new books are being put through the press. A Chinese monthly magazine of sixty pages is issued, which circulates throughout the Empire, and also in other countries whither the Chinese have gone. The Society prints "New East," a quarterly magazine in English, which is the organ of Baptist missionaries in China. Steps are being taken to erect a new and more commodious publishing house on a large site which the Society has recently purchased. The Society has large plans for the future, which should make it one of the leading mission presses of the world. As it is backed by the entire Baptist denomination of the United States, one of the wealthiest and most numerous in the world, it should not lack for funds. The Rev. R. E. Chambers, B.A., the secretary and treasurer, has charge also of the American library at Canton, which was established and is maintained by money received as an indemnity, from the Chinese Government, for damage done to American property during the riots some fifty years ago. Mr. R. T. Cowles is in charge of the printing works.
CHINA MERCHANTS STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.
Mr. Chun Lai To, who has represented the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company at Canton for some years past, is a native of Canton, and received an excellent English education at Hongkong. His father, Chun yue Ting, was formerly a merchant of Chefoo. The China Merchants Steam Navigation Company is the only purely Chinese company having ocean-going steamers calling at the port. Their offices are in Shak Kei Street, in the native city, immediately facing the British Concession, and the steamers have berths on the opposite side of the Shameen, only a few yards away from the shore. In addition to its splendid fleet of steamers, mentioned elsewhere, which maintains regular sailings to Shanghai, the firm operates the Kiang Tung between Canton and Macao. This is a night boat well fitted to accommodate both European and Chinese passengers.
MR. MIU NAI YORK.
Mr. Miu Nai York, the compradore to the Standard Oil Company of New York at their Shameen office, is a native of Canton who, having spent some eleven years in America, returned to China and went into business at Shanghai. Two and a half years ago he joined the Standard Oil Company, and now controls the whole of their important and extensive Chinese business in Canton.
