(Abridged from the "Japan Gazette.")
Designed under Imperial patronage, and opened with state ceremonies at which the Sovereign himself presided, it was but fitting that the closing of i Uyeno, after the brilliant success which it hae achieved during the hundred days of ite existence, should have been made the occasion for one of those di of to-day so much. ion Bureau, gratified with the triumph which bad been gained by their national experiment, determined to rigualize the termination of their Iabors by a fe which should aca the public that their toil had not been in vain, and that the Gat Industrial Fair held. in Tokio had more than realized the highest hopes of those who organized and have s0 well directed The weather was not unfavourable cloudy and cold, and the Exhi en o'elovk in the morn: though not very beautiful triumphal ch spanned the broad approach to the Gar On each side of it of chockin, red with a white streak bisecting them. In the Gardens the walls were on either side hung with liar lamps, strings and festoons of which 0 connected branches and summits of the loftiest trees. The circuit of the pond in the gardens was also girt with lanterns, The main entrance reserved for the Mikado and the Empress was draped with blue curtains, displaying chrysanthemums outlined in white. The buildings and grounds were almost roofed with flags and lanterns of the prevailing colours. At the further side, from the entrance of the circular drive which surrounds a small fountain and its basin, and leading into the Fine Arts Gallery, was an extemporized covered way, at the
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