The choleraic epidemic is reported to be still active at Wenchow. At Hankow there have been alarmist rumours about the appearance of the god of plague, and at Canton (Hokshan) he has actually been seen, a semi-human monster with huge fect. His howls attacked the attention of a party of hunters, and the dogs were slipped after him; the demon turned, however, and one of the hunters swooned with fright.
The Shen Puo corrects the exaggerated reports about the suicide of villagers con-corned in wrecking cargo of the Pautah. The troops recovered a quantity of cotton goods, and took a number of wreckers into custody. The exculpatory document forced from the Magistrate was also delivered up.
The prefect who was attacked at Pru ch'éng city has since died. Several of the other authorities were beaten by the rioters. Polytechnic School established by the Vice-'The Canton Viceroy is re-organising the
roy Chang Shu-sheng at the cost of the Viceroy Liu K''un-yi about seven years ago, It is to be a naval and military school with English and German instructors, the whole under the management of the Taotai Wu Chung-sing, who has had large experience at Foochow and Tientsin, Chinese officers will be in future sent abroad to watch any campaigns conducted in Europe, 'The native papers say that the Taotai Ch'én, formerly Chinese Agent in Corea, is about to assume charge of the China Merchants' Company's Shanghai Office as Director-General of the Company. His appointment by the Viceroy Li recites the fact that he owns Tls, 100,000 worth of shares, 'The Shen Pao contains the full report of the Governor of, Shantung reguding the looting of the Pavtah. It appears' that organised wrecking has been immemorially carried on by the const villagers of Jungch'éng district.
The Amoy correspondent says that organized smuggling and passenger traffic is practised and undertaken by the Chinese gunboats visiting Amoy, Tamsui, and Pagoda Anchorage. The Amoy deputy appointed to check it there resides at Foochow, and has a servant at Amoy who simply presents his master's card to the captain on arrival, and notes the fact of the steamer having been visited.
The Acting Viceroy of Hu-kuang issues 9 notification stating that native opium carried by coolies overland from Szechuen into Hupeh, and hitherto free from taxation, will in future be subjected to a lekin charge on every ounce; and that the river barrier formerly at Shasze will transfer its operations to the new Ye-san land barrier under Pa-tung district.
The Foochow Arsenal reports the completion of No. 6 composite ship, the keel of which was laid in December 1885, and now christened the Kicong-kop. Length, 228ft.; beam, 33ft. Tin.; depth, 26ft.
Graft, I1ft. at bows, 12ft. Sin, abeam, 13it. Sin, actern. Tonnage 1,800. Horsepower 1,600, compound three cylinder engines; steam capstan and donkey engine. Speed 14 knots. Armament, two 15 centi-mitre breech-landing steel guns forward four 12 centimetre ditto amidships; one revolving 15 centimetre pivot ditto aft, Two machine guns on the ' watch-platform," and two on the steel masts. One torpedo tube in each bow. One wooden and two steel masts. Iron water-tight compartments. The guns are French (sic) Krupps. Everything will be ready for taking the sen in November. This is one of the eight composite ships ordered by the Canton government,
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