Minister, with his staff have arrived and are staying at the Peking Hotel.
The arrival of the steam launch and boats in the canal outside the city has aroused the greatest interest among the people, who crowd incessantly to see the novel sight. The vessel which was built at the Tientsin Arsenal was conveyed from Tangshow on rails brought from the Arsonal.
ions are being made for the establishment of a branch of the French Bank in Peking.—Chinese Times,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.