(Sinpao.
We have received aletter from Ts'ing-Huai to the following effect:—Tliere are now about seventy or eighty thousand suffering refuge or about Ts'ing-kiang, and arrivals are taking Biautung oF Hupeh brogue, The mandoring Ince daily. they all speak with a strong
and their assistants are greatly put about by their nambers; but they are using the most indefatigable endeavours in distributing the necessary assistance, only fearing that their resources will come to an end too soon. They ugly communicated urgently with and gentry of Kao-yn Pao-ying, Yen-chen, Fou-lin and other chou and helen, asking them to provide work and wages for the refugees, in the way of building houses, and what not. In the first place, the refugees would then have a roof to cover them; in the second place, the authorities would have the benefit of their services. As far as private duals are concerned, there would be no to ask them for subscriptions; from a public point of view, the expenses would then be distributed, To do this would be even to excel the measures adopted in times of yore, We now hear it reported that in the neighbourhood of these chou and sion, and Hai, 'T'ang, -three chang in all—have in-tuted works; the carrying of mud away from the river-locks, that the water may flow freely, the mending and making of public roads and bridges, and soon, Wien this was first commenced, the fung-sze informed the anthorities how many of the refugees would be required, and opened a record-book, in w the names of all the employes were inscribed, the labour which each man had accom: plished, When the men have completed the tasks in hand, this record is posted' up accordingly and the men sent Yack to the chang from which they came. This system admirable; valuable money is paid for valuable work, and it is easy to see how these fat hi and mothers of the people abound with love for them,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.