from the Director of the Yellow River In Gemegeenre of a telegram received Works, (Wu Ta-cheng,) the Director of the Kiangnan Arsenal has detached from his establishment. the following officers, for surveying and mapping service according to the European fashion:—Kia Pu-wei for surveying; Koh Yin for calculations and statistics; Hwang Chung for mapping; Yuan-ki for photographing. On capture of Hu Teh-ling 4th March these officers received passports information leading to the same... from Kung Taotai, and embarked on the capture of Li Pung steamer Kiaugktean for Chinkiang; from information, ete, 500 Chinkiang they go by water, to Ts'ing capture of Yang' Chung-cheng, 2,000 long, thence by land on to the scene of information, etc. do. 500 their labours in Honan. The first-named informa © "200 capture of Liu Shi, and Shi K'ing. 1,000 is the head of the expedition.~-Shen Pao. ete. 5 The following rewards are offerred for The Show Pao has an account of the visits the capture of Li T'ah, and Li Puan, ring-of the Emperor to Prince Ton in his fatal illness. HLILH. is said to have died of Leaders of the Kagee rebels; $1,000 end for their capture, or $200 for information a disease of the legs complicated with a leading to it in either case.—Shén-Pao, lung complaint, apparently, as he suffered Two fine tigers were lately killed by the from excessive coughing and expectoration.
He knelt on his bed to receive the Em-people of Yih-Chow, in Chih-li, a very to the Prefect, Mr. Wu Hiao-tsang, and as mountainous part. The people gave them peror, and particularly requested that the Imperial marriage might not be deferred on account of anything that might happen he was just leaving for Kuang-ping Fu, tohim. One of the Emperor's visits was of which he had been appointed Prtet, he brought them to the Viceroy's Yamen on paid in such haste, that the officers who passing through Tientsin, and showed them of the streets into presentable condition a temporary levelling process for the to the Viceroy, Li Hung-chang. The Viceroy twas no doubt considerably astonished when Emperor to pass on such short notice, were considered to have deserved the present of the Prefect told the story of the hunting of one of them, the smaller one; which was Tls. 600 which the Emperor ordered to be "put up," a8 sportsmen call if, by a rustic given to them. taking it by the ear, mistaking' it, as it Iny 'A great crowd was in waiting outside asleep in the darkness under a bush, for a the gates of the Lama Temple some 10 strayed calf. Instead of eating the dis-outside the Teh-sheng gate of Peking turber of its rest, it bounded on to the roof on the morning of the 23nd February, to of a cottage, where the villagers, who had see a quaint ceremony of the Lama Priests, been looking out for it, attacked it with typifying the expelling of evil influences guns and spears, and killed it.—Hu-Pao, from the Temple during the new year, fifteenth of Kuangsii. After a solemn A story reaches us from Peking that two Buddhist service of all the Lamas in pre-soldiers of Luan-chow Fu, watchers on the sence of the Chief Priest seated on a high Kai-ping railway, were killed by the train throne, two little Lamas dressed in black about a week after China New Year, having and white, like devils, and running about got drunk and lain down to sleep, making a making all kinds of diabolical contortions, pillow of the rails. were chased away by the other priests, who The Viceroy Li has, to encourage the pursued them with bamboo canes, pretend-Jehol Silver Mining Company, whose funds Ing to be administering an awful thrashing. were well-nigh exhausted, allowed them a 'A good many petty officials with their at-subsidy of Tis, 40,000, and as soon as the tendants were present to keep order among foreign machinery arrives, operations will commence.—Shén Pao. the crowd during this curious function, The new Tartar General for Foochow, called Sin nien ta free (New Year devil-Hi-yuan, leaves Shanghai for his post to: beating").—Hu Pao.
'About the beginning of China New Year day. Yesterday he inspected the Kiangnan two Mongols leading camels passed out at Arsenal, and showed great interest in' the machinery, and in the guns which had been the An-ting Gate, Peking, with buckets to made there. The day before he had been draw water from the river. When the} waded out again with buckets filled their entertained at the Bubbling Well Garden called the Wei-shun Jian with Mr. Shi two camels had disappeared, and on en-Shao-kin, the Chairman of the Silk Guild, quiries being made by the native police, it was found that the robbers were the Coal Kung Taotai, and Nich Taotai, Director of the Arsenal, and other officials, at tiffin Mining Guild of the Western Hills. This Coal Mining Guild, it appears, have a rule that all camele owned by people living in hich lasted ti 6pm.
The Viceroy of Canton has a high opinion of the wealth of that province in mineral the South or West parts of Peking, must register their camels in their books, receiv-but fully realises the fact. that if un ing a registration certificate which is pasted fully worked mines will not be a success onthe camel's saddle. Camel-owners cheor-Hearing of the flourishing state of the fully submit to pay annually for this Kaiping Coal Mines, he recently sent an official of the rank of District Magistrate registration, as it isa kind of insurance, any camel lost or stolen being paid for to Tientsin to obtain from the Viceroy Li or. replaced by the Coal Guild, and useful, and Mr. Tong King-sing was con: Hung-chang any information that might be this powerful company, which probably employs many camels in lits own service sequently requested to supply him with to carry coals, lays hands on all camels such. The deputy has accordingly been in those parts of Peking which are shown over the Kaiping Coal Mines, and unprovided with a ticket, and does not will carry back a map with full particulars return them to the owner until he has of the method of working for the informa-paid the toll. In this case, however, tion of the Southern Viceroy. the beasts were not coal-carrying camels, The Chinese tea merchants of Kiukiang but belonged to s Tartar Prince's private are said to be much elated at the success stud, the Prince being on a visit to Peking of Chinese teas last season, giving good for the Court festivities. Fortunately his hopes that the tide has turned, and that Mongol highness was satisfied with the the competition of the Indian leaf will be abject apology made by the head of the less and less keenly felt. Wo hear that contracts of from Tls. 700,000 to Tis, Coal Guild, and did not call in the law, otherwise it would have gone hard with the 800,000 have been already settled with upcountry growers for the ensuing tea season. company.—Shéni Pao.
The Governor of Formosa has issued a The Hu Pao of 12th March proclamation offering the following large rewards for the capture of ringleaders in article recommending the imp the recent disturbances in the island, be-import duty on foreign liquors, wine, beer, ginning with the plunder of a Salt-tax ete., and on cigars. The consumption of Office and culminating in the siege of the these has increased so enormously of late city of Chang-bus years in China, it says, that they should For the capture of Shi Kin-tuan no longer be exempted rem duty on the ground that they are imported for the information leading to the same exclusive use of foreigners. capture of Wong Wang-huan, otherwise called' Wang "King:
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