Norwirnstanprxe a scarcity of rice, Which told upon the resources of the country at the beginning of last year, and a serious outbreak of cholera which between the 15th of July and the 1st of September is estimated to have killed about 6,500 persons in Seoul, and swept like a wave northward, the foreign trade of Corea shews a large increase in 1886. The import trade exceeds that of the proceeding year by over 800,000 dollars of which however nearly 5 lacs were paid
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