Apvices, the authenticity of which we have every reason to believe unimpeachable, have just been received from the north, announcing that the Tsung-li Yamen, together with the Princes and high Ministers of State, have arrived at the formal decision that railways shall be forthwith commenced in China.
This resolution will no doubt be conveyed in a Memorial to the Throne, as the Empress herself is credited 1 Laving for some time been favourably disposed towards the innovation
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