A good deal has been said about the condition of this burial ground, and although oan occasional gunboat has stopped on her way past to straighten a fallen tombstone, little or nothing has really been effected. Now, however, a stop has been taken which settles the matter, and ensures respectful care of the remains so long, at least, as Tientsin possesses a foreign Settle-'minister and the Admiral thatit per.
The Municipal Council proposed to mitted, they should reverently remove all the remains from Taku to the General Sens here, see them decently interred and make their future care a subject of 'Municipal attention. To this the British authorities' have consented, the Government making a grant of $200 towards the
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