In order to induce a more copious snowfall, for which the farmer classes have been eagerly craving, His Majesty the Emperor went in person to the Ta Kan Tien to offer up incense and prayers on the 1th of the moon just passed. His Majesty also deputed his officials to other places to perform similar devotional exercises, and on the 7th inst. three inches of snow fell to the solace and delight of the agriculturists,
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