We are glad to observe that the conductors of the North-China Herald have again fol-Jowed the commendable practice of reprinting in book form the translations from the Peking Gazette, which so constantly appear in the columns of that journal. The volume for! increase under British rule out of proportion with the means of subsistence.
At the present moment, the paramount duty of the Government is to endeavour to reduce the actual suffering to a minimum, but the difficulties in the way are of a serious and alarming description. It is not that rice cannot be procured in sufficient amount—for with regard to this, we are glad to notice that the outery against the oxportation of rice from Calcutta has ited without permission.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.