It is reported, and generally believed, that His Excellency the Viceroy las engaged the services of retired Admiral Columb, M in sume capacity in connection with the Cuinese Nav The two Twperial Commissioners who Jthe message of condolence to the of Corea returned from Seoul this week in a Government vessel, and_were met at the Railway Station by BLE. the Viceroy.
H. E. the Viceroy will establish a school for: ailway construction in connection with the Military School under a German Instructors, Mr. Baur, a representative of Krupp, who will teach the students gratis. 'A class of about twenty young men will Soon be formed from the Military Departments, H.E. the Viceroy has appointed Lien Fang, the manager of the Military School, to' be the Vice-Manager of the Shan-hai-kwan railway department. H.E. Li could hardly have made a better choice of men for the management of the future
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