Some time ago the Governor of the Metropolitan Prefecture telegraphed to the Governor of Kueichow, and asked him to raise subscriptions for the relief of the distress caused by floods in the Kuan and Wanping districts in the neighbourhood of Peking. P'anwei_ responded to this call by subscribing Tls. 5,000 himself, and Tls. 5,000 more were' added by contributions amounting to Tls. 500 each from the principal members of the Kueichow Government. The total amount was subsequently increased to Tls. 12,000 which was remitted by telegraphic advice to Peking. Authority was procured for the bestowal of appropriate rewards upon the donors, @ list of whose names, coupled with a' record of their official career, is now furnished by the Governor of the province.
25th February.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.