The Guild has already petitioned the in the above matter, and these authori correspondence with the French Consul-General, begging him to direct the Municipality to alter the proposed course of the road; and the matter-is all but satisfactorily adjusted. Let all our fellow provincials, therefore, mind each his own business, and not assemble in crowds to follow unlawful counsels and create disturbances.
Pung-chih, 13th year, 3rd moon, The following amusing proclamation was issued by the Taotai on the evening of the 19th of the Chinese moon (4th May)—the night after the fire, which it treats as an accident.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.