HE. Ito, sanyi, will leave for Europe early next month. ' He will be accompanied by many secretaries of the Government Departs is supposed to connected with the raising of a foreign loan, The proprietor of a journal, which recently had become a Government organ, made calls upon many high Government officials, promising.to send them his paper gratis, "But in loss than three daya afterwards he sent his bill collector to collect the subscriptions for.the paper. Is he not a smart business man Since the visit of; the Hawaiian King to Inpan, the friendship between both coun tries has become closer than before. Hawaiian Governmei orted to hav Proposed, through Mfr. Bingham, to the Linister of Foreign Affaira, to abolish the existing treaty, and that a treaty of reciprobity be made, Under the latter, the people of both countries are to enjoy the ights in either country, subject to and Hawaiians to be allowed to trade and travel in the. in jeartod and impart as the proposal is of the greatest importance for the future relations between Japan and Hawaii, our Government will take it into consideration, and give a satisfactory answer. Some people, however, are under appreheusi this case the cunning aliens (Europeans) will become Hawaiian subjects, and as such trade in the interior of Japan, thus driving the Japanese to the wall. ciples. en, we sympathise with hewn that it is the duty of the Japanese Government, from a moral standpoint, to impress upon the Corean Government the necessity of abstaining from this cruel practice, We are glad to be enabled to state that our Government is going to present a memorial to the Corean Government on the Chamber of Commerce in Yokohama has communicated with i Minister, asking him to i the removal of the restrictions, prohi-iting foreign merchants from entering to partnerships with Japanese and that in compliance with th addressed Mr. Inouye on the subject.
A certain person says that the Government will not agree to this proposal, as the interests of the Japanese mercantile community would suffer under " foreign monopoly.—Japan Herald Translation, On the 22nd ultimo showers of sand are reported to have fallen from the cloud: at Harada, in Toichi-gon, Yamato. wind ceased entirely about two o'clock in the afternoon, and then the sand commenced falling, and lasted until about six. The area affected was about three n equate, shan who resides at Viadivod Kobe recently. He was talking on one occasion to a Japanese official about the commercial mistakes of the Japanese, and gave the following instance. When there was a rumour-of war between Russin and China many people profited, but not the Japanese, although they tried. to do so, When the' vessels: the Colonization Commission were: sent to Viadivostock: with samples of the mantis factures aid products of Hokkaido, two or three Europeans or America: entrusted with them, and. subsequently reported the goods urisal unfitted for the market. The. then sold the samples, imported similar good other places hokkaido, and thus made large profits, Dhis result, added the Englishman, would have been secured. to Japan if only Japanese merchant. had been employed instead. of a foreigner, The averavo. annual: value of the sugar crop in the island of Oshima, Kagoshima Kon, is about 10,000,000 yeu. Last year the canes were nearly all destroyed. by violent that the produce. was the average, The ived therefore, on sweet ceped for ton days to inciple, Some gain that fashion, and many died in consecentabl jand, but they have quence. eral money-lending
fallen into difficulties, as their advances are not repaid, Thieves have frequently plundered. the public offices in Oaakw, but generally any affair of the kind is kept so secret that the newspaper reporters remain in We heard recently that duty at the Mint and Arsenal doubled during the night, and precautions taken against burglars at the Koraibushi and Shinssibashi telegraph, stations by Sore, ote On. the night. of the J7th nut tin. extra fastenings on the windows,
instant three robbers armed with. naked swords entered. the Normal School of the Waueational Department situated at Bam-ba. They went up to a room containing valuable apparatus, and gathered struments which cost more than were getting ready plunder, they came rant it off, and intoxicated. A watch. man found them in this helpless condition, and the rascals were handed. over to the police.—Hiogo News' Translation, HIM. the Mikado pos dred and seventy-two pou From the Nichi Nichi A project is afloat to establish a society for the improvement of zoological and Tokio University are going to join, accordance with a request of the Ghiof of the United States Mint, the Finance Department has sent him about forty different specimens of old Japanese coins, The following intelligence has reached us from Saikio (Kioto): About. 8 o'clock. in the morning on the 20th instant sounds like the reports of cannon were heard in North Eastern direction. he people were surprised and anxiously waiting to learn the, cause. Early noxtmorning dark clouds seen overhanging the horizon, and smoke was seen rising about 20.cho (1 to miles) from the city, as though it was caused by aconflayration, Not knowing the.causa of this phenomenon, the inhabitants were panic-stricken; in the meantime a muddy, substance began to descend.on the: how and trees. On being analyzed thi stance was found to be of volcanic origin, Everybody was frightened, and. believed, the prophecy of. the destruction of the. world which was circulated last year, was about to be fulfilled. Similar occurrences are reported from various districts, We hear that men of radical views like there of the Russian Nihi @ very numerous in Kioto, and we dread the good people of that city becoming corrupted, The high officials are. greatly concerned, that such vast; numbers of people in every,
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