the 20th July, the Governor of Shantung makes a further report concerning the return of the Yellow River to that province. Between the 23rd and the 26th the water fell more than a foot and a half. In the Jower course of the river, where the bed is harrower, the maximum' depth was eight tw nine feet. The cuttings and other works made in the spring proved to be very successful. On the 20th of July the water reached the mouth of the river, and entered the sea at T'ieh-men Kuan in Liching Haien.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.