Excerpt from The Wu Shih Shan Trial: Report of the Case of Chow Chang Kung, Lin King Ching, Loo King Fah, Sat Keok Min, Directors of the Taou Shan Kwan Temple, at Wu Shih Shan, Foochow, Versus Rev. John R. Wolfe, of the Church of England Missionary Society

Agreement of Rent. The British missionary john R. Wolfe agrees with the Direc tors of the Taou Shan Kwan temple to rent from them the following property, which was formerly in the 30th year Tau Kwan rented by the missionaries welton and J ackson - namely two houses situated respectively at the back and at the front of the left hand side of the Taou Shan Kwan [these two houses are as follows] 1. One five roomed house with an out house and some waste ground at back and front. 2. One four roomed house at the back with an out house having an upper storey and a lower storey of one room and a piece of waste ground. The rent of the above to be as of old $100 per annum. Also (mr. Wolfe agrees) to rent the following property, which was originally rented in the fifth year Hsien Feng to the missionaries welton and fearnley, namely, Four rooms on the right hand side of the Taou Shan Kwan going straight in: The rent to be as of old $20 per annum. Also asmall piece of land formerly hired under a verbal agreement by the missionary george smith: The rent to be as of old 3512 per annum. These amount in all to a yearly sum of $132, the first instalment of which for the summer quarter, viz., $33 to be paid at once to the Trade Committee for transmission through the Directors of the Temple to the Taouist priests to be used in the service of the Temple. It is agreed that the same sum be paid quarterly, in advance, according to the English Calendar, to the Trade Com mittee for transmission, and the rent be not allowed to get into arrears Should this happen, the Directors may let the place to some one else. On the other hand if the rent does not get into arrears the place may not be let to any one else Both parties being of the same mind neither of them can withdraw. It is therefore considered advis able to draw up this agreement in triplicate to be kept by the different parties.

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