having been purchased vy the Cantonese Owing to enormous quantities of rice
merchants and speculators and shipped to tive south fron Heiuleinng the, local market has been drained, so much so thut there has not been enough to supply local cousumption. As might be expected the price of this article has risen much above the normal. The districts round xbout Kiukiang not being grain producing, depend n thy adjoining country for the supply of food matter of this kind, In former years there was no difficulty in obtaining sufficient 1", but since the Cantonese began pureliaanew and more profitable outlet has opened to the producers, who instead of supplying their old consumers, sell to the new grain dealers, making " larger profit, but greatly to the distress of the Kiukiang natives. 'I prevent a further rise in price and a greater scarcity in the market, the authorities have imposed a tax upon this commodity, as well as on other cereals exported from that port.
THE SHANOHAT CITY MAGISTRATE, The Shanghai city magistrate waste leave this port for Nanking yesterday.
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