16th May says:—For the first time in the annals of the Tea trade at this port, foreigners have consented to an agreement, the terms of which are set forth as under "We the undersigned hereby agree and bind ourselves not to offer directly or in-rectly Zor the new Teas either here or at Kiukiang before Monday, the 19th inst.
"We also agree not to ship Teas on native account to London, before the same date.
distinctly understood that this agreement to be binding must be general. Hankow, 9h May, 1879."
Speculation is rife as to whether or not the above will have the desired effect of It has been decided to hold the usual annual Regatta on the 24th May, and the following "gentlemen were chosen as a committee to make the necessary preparation:—Messrs. R. H. Bruce, J. G. Cass, R. B. Fenton, L. A. Anderson W. Howard, J. Farrow and H. F. Merrill.—The Gazette understands that the Taotai was to have left for Foochow on the 8th instant, by the Che On, but changed hi mind at the last moment and sent his brother instead. It was rumoured that his intention was either to secure the now vacant Taotaiship of Taiwan, or to persuade the authorities to nominate him anew for his present post.—Mir. Moorhead, Commissioner of Customs, returned on the 7th inst. by the steamer Agamemnon.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.