Ports—Dr. Waring, R.N., Paymaster Thomp-ton, USN, Capt Blanchard. and Mr. Hart, Per French mail str. Provence, from Marseilles—Mr. and Mrs. Knoop, Messrs. Laidrich and Loup. From Hongkong—Mr. and Mrs: Hobson, Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Gearing, Madame ida, Rev. Robt. Nelson, ilessrs. U. H. Stoddard, J. Of, Smith, L.' A. Simmonds, P. Kierulif, C. Myres, WY. H. Hammond, T. W. Rising. Per P.M. s.s. Oregonian, from Gangieebhoy, Feuvenil and Commander—Commander Bunce, U.S.N., Mr, and ahs. Jay
5. ©, Rose, Mr. and' Mrs. A.'A. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Abell and Troupe, Captain Roberts, Messrs. W. H. Burkett, U.8.N., J. Cheo-tham, E. Short, D. 0.'Smith and Nielsen. Per Dragon, from Foochow—Messrs. Hanssen and De Bony. Per Glengyle—Mr. A. Knight. Per Hirado, from Hankow—Dr. Palconer. From Chinkiang—Messrs. Kingsmill, Stronach and Watts. Per mail str. Avoca, from Southampton—Mr. Allen. From Hongkong—Mrs. A. Heard and European servant, Mr. and Mrs. Newman and two children, Messrs. G. F. Heard, Hippisley and Franke.
Deranrep.—Per Sin Nanzing, for Chefoo—Mr. Wadman. Per Kiaigse, for Tientsin—Mr. Cousens. Per Dragon, for Foochow—Messrs. W. Paterson, O. Latham, T. Fairhurst, J. S. Fearon and J. Welch. Per P. M. str. Ore-ionian, for San Francisco—Mr. G.8. Dixwell. or Yokohama—Messrs. W. H. Walker and J. Morrison.
Leavrse.—Per Delta, for Southampton—Mr. and Mrs. George Baker and child. For perience, that those valuable aids to cultivation and commerce are capable of becoming deadly enemies, if care is not taken to control their movements.
We need only refer to the eccentricities of the Hwang-bu, which have gained for it the name of "China's sorrow," and to the great changes that have taken place in the course of the Yangtze itself. The metropolitan province is still suffering from the neglect of the embankments of the Yungting; and the Grand Canal is virtually closed to trafic.
Bat, if the Chinese seem unable to control the greater streams, it is satisfactory to find them dealing success fally with the lesser. " Our Hankow correspondent gives an interesting account of works that are in progress to improve the channel of the Han river. Every one who has visited Hankow, of late years, will remember how the river was undermining the north bank near its confluence with the Yangtze; only last summer, half a street and several houses were swept away during the
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