There is little worthy of record to be reported from this out of the way place except, of course, that we have managed to pass the New Year once more in the approved manner. That is to say, we have either paid our debts or got an extension of time which is, it is needless to remark, far better; we have hired or borrowed some food cloth re have Socharged cards; we decorously punished others' tea and confectionery; and in short we are prepared to face a new year with a conscience void of offence. The only cloud upon the festive sky has arisen from a rather ludicrous uncertainly as to the exact date of the great self We celebrated Thursday (rey but we did it with a certain amount of mental reservation. It is darkly hinted that the august astronomical authorities at Peking have been divided in their counsels as to the vital point of the length of the last month of the old year.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.