The 10th of September was the Kin; birthday, and all native officials and foreign representatives congratulated him in his palace, where a banquet was prepared for the visitors. The Imperial Prince sent out the invitations to different foreign representatives on a previous day.
The government has established a new board, witha president having official rank second grade, whose duty is chiefly to settle any difficulties or troubles that may arise between the natives and foreigners with the foreign Consuls.
A new mint for coinage is being established at Seoul, and as soon as completed, operations will be begun.
The government sends the Vice-President P'u Ting-yang of the Imperial Household to the United States of America as an Envoy, and Vice-President Shen Hsiang-hsieh to England, Germany, Russia, France and Italy. Both'envoys will soon leave for these countries with attaches.
Excellency Chou Fu and Major Pauli, of the Imperial Military Academy, returned from their inspection tour last Saturday per the government transport joug-—Shipao translated by the Times,
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