Nows has reached this to-day of the most serious floods which Canton hus soon for thirly years, For sixty or eighty miles around Canton City, the province is under water. itis feared that the second or third Silk Crops nously injured. The Rive crops are damaged to such an extent as to raise the price of the geain here by 25 conta per picul, or say 18 percent, Injury tw property is euorimous, and many lives have been lost, Great hardships are anticipated for the poorer inhabitants, who have in numberless instances lost their all. Wo are pleased to learn that the Tung Wal. Hospital Committes are forwarding Munch to Canton, with provisions for di tribution amongst the necessitous, The houses on Shameen are partially flooded, and fears are entertained that the water may yet rise over the Bund, The strength of the current is we great that it la almost impossible for boats to got alongside ateamers lying in the river to load or disd cargo, and we hear that the Canton & Macao Sto Kiung chow has boot lighter to the rice steamers lying in the river. Large numbers of sampans and cargo boats have been overturned and swamped, and during the Inst four of five days the dead bodies of men, women and children have been oon floating down the stream, Between Canton and Fatshan the greatest damage appear to have huan done by th Alarge portion of the of the river has th carried away, and three villages entirely submerged, most of the i bitauts being drowned, The authorities at Canton have sent two gunboats loaded with rice up to the districte where the unfortunate inhabitants have been driven from their homes and left destitute, 'The floods appear to have been increasing extent during the last four oF five days, spring tides now prevailing driving' the down current back and adding materially to the overflow of the river.—China Mail, Tuwe 25h, Many of thio afreets in Canton have been flooded for over a week. The recent heavy rains have filled all the rivers and immense volumes of water have rushed down. On some of the rivers in the country the water has risen as much as forty feet above the usual height. Asa consequence, much suffering, distress, and loss have been endure by the farmers and the people living in cities, towns, and villages situated near the rivers, Whole villages lave been swept away, and the crops covering a vast aren have beau completely destroyed. At Sz Ni city the water broke through the city wall, and report says that several thousauda of
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