The Minwites of the Inst meeting ate read, the 16th of April to consult with his col-two. thousand pistols of rice were Dought league the Viceroy. As a preliminary step confirmed, signed by the Chairman and passed for publication.
Cash Statement for the past week is sub-at Canton and despatched for immediate mitted and cheques for sundry accounts ate one-half to the towns up stream and signed. the' other to those lower down. Arrange Cattle in Native Dairies.—The following ments were also made for the purchase of report is ordered to be published ten thousand piculs in Hongkong, to be sent up country for sale at cost price. As [Revonw or Anruata Harr a1 rue Narvve Datwies, Shanghat, 2ud Jane, 1888. expectation of the Memorialists, i affairs S00 a8 the exact details can be ascertained, were much more serious on the Kast River comprehensive measures will be taken to than on the two others, the water there repair the damage and relieve the suf-rising "from ten'to twenty fect. On the forers.
Isthof April the Prefect of Hui-chou Fu On the North River it was reported from reported the occurrence of a terrible in-'Ying-te that the water had risen thirty feet undation, Public otices and private houses and more; both inside and outside the in both town and country were alike flood-town the houses were flooded, and till the Pootung dry. ed, An officer was immediately despatched Aith April no despatches could be sent, Remarks, by. steamer to aid the local authorities in It was not yet possible to go about and relieving distress. Soon afterwards news gather particulars. At Fo-kang, Ch'ing-arrived that the embankment at the town of yuan, and San-shui the water was 80 hi Fulung in the district of Tung-kuan had that there was serious fear of the embank-1 Calf sold, been broken through, and some scores of ments giving way in places. After sending orders in the first instance, the Viceroy 17 2 Ruftaloes to 19 Buffalo to Pootung dry. villages were under water; and lower down, stream at Shih-lung (Shak-Loong) the poor himself started for the North River and people had taken refuge on their housetops, where they were in a state of superintended the efforts of the officials and gentry in repairing and strengthening; extreme danger. The Memorialiste at the weak places. es. 5 once despatched a number of steamers and From the Swatow district, General Fang launches, carrying officers provided with Yao reported an extraordinary freshet money to relieve distress, and towing native above Ch'ao-chou Fu, as great as that of boats to be used in transporting the people the year 1864, The embankments near the to places of safety. On the 16th of April city had held out, with the exception of a the Governor himself started for the scene slight overflow on the east side and no Of the disaster, and ascended the river aa far as Hui-chou Fu. In the districts of serious accident hed happened. The groat Hai-yang river wall is the sole protection Tung-kuan, Po-lo, and Kuei-shan, through of Ch'ao-chou Fu, It was repaired last which he passed, the etbaukments hed year by public contributions and was inven way in many places, and the country tooked like a wide sea." Kapecial terror ibod the Viceroy in the winter, at the time of his visit to the coast ports, when had boon caused by the breaking of the he found it in a very satisfactory condition Fo-lung embankment, which was a high but as the work is newly executed and as the city walls, and had stood unharmed hitherto untried, he has sent orders that for more than " hundred years. Ordinano pains must be spared in watching and rily the Kast River has only five foet of strengthening it. water and even ight-draught launches can-On the West River fortunately all has hot pass beyond Shih-lung. Now, however, gone well, so that the country has been it has been converted into roaring torrent occurred that river been in flood simul-spared the great calamity that, must have over twenty fect deep, and stretching as Locality of Dairy far us the eye could reach, In Hui-chou taneously with the others.
Fa itself the water had fallen a couple of Finally the Memorialists report that on feet, but still much remained, Outside the 18th of April the weather was fine at the town it came halt way up the doors of Hui-chou, as was also the case on the 19th the houses, but not many buildings had and 20th at Canton. If the water subsides Daring the last week 1 lave inspected the fallen. The greater part, however, of the mickly the people will be able to plant ied their crops and there will be no reason to wept a i ace eign detente tin wave fond theta all healthy and i fairy" good grain stores ofthe people had been carr Away, and the sugar which forms the chief ttaplo of the region lind disappeared in the tide. Under. the Governors superintendence soup-kitchens were established and supplies of rice fetched from Canton, 80 that food might be within the reach of everyone.
Next, a report came from Ho-yuan Hsien, further east. Inside the city there were ten feet of water. The houses on the river were immersed up to their eaves, and income cases oven the roof-tops were buried. The authorities were busy instituting relief-stations, or ferrying people serosa and placing them for safety on the city walls, though the walls themselves had been washed down There are two rivers at Ho-yuan Haien.
places.
The larger, and more easterly one, comes down from Kiangei, and has two principal branches which join together above the town of Lung-chuan. The smaller one -drains-the country to the north and west eud puns jato the larger just to the north apprehend a famine.—The Emperor's Re-. script orders the Memorialists to take immediate steps for relieving the distress of the sufferers and repairing the broken embankments.
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