ABSTRACT OF PEKING GAZETTES, Soptombor 22ud,—(1) The Governor of Shantung announces tive receipt of a report from the Taotai of the Teng, Lai, Eh Circuit tothoeffectthaton the 22nd and 23rd of August there was a very heavy fall of rain at Chefoo, accompanied by a strong yale of wind, which uprooted numbers of trees. There were five or six feet of water in the town of Yen-t'ai, causing houses to fall down in considerable numbers and laying low the whole of the autumn crop. The gentry of the place were unanimous in asserting that such a storm had not been experienced for the past ten yeara and more. An inspection of the crops justified a hope that with fine weather suns fifty to sixty per cent. of a full crop might yet be gathered, and there was consolation in the fact that the area of devastation was fortunately small, From further reports from. the commandant of the troops at Yen-t'ai the Memorialist learns that there were four or five foot of water in certain of the can-touments. Most of the walls and trenches were destroyed and every single tent was
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