Chang Chih-tung, then acting Viceroy of For the past half-year the P. and the Liang Kiang, memorialised the Throne Company will pay dividend at the rate of recommending the granting of special 3 per cent per annum on the preferred, and rewards to the oticers who had been in at the rate of 7 per cent on the deferred charge of the Aculemy during the lst five stock of the company. years, and who succeeded in graduating two Ir will be learnt from a Harbour Notifiexcellent classes of naval and engineering cation that, Swatow and Amoy have been cadets last year, Admiral Fremantle having declared infected ports. kindly deputed a British Naval officer to Ture total amount subscribed in Shanghai conduct the final examination of these to the Armenian Relief Fund, $54 and cadets. An Tmperial edict has now been Tis, 50, is being remitted to the American received at Nanking in which Kuei Taotai, Presbyterian Mission Press, Beirut, Syria, Chief Commissioner of the Academy, is ordered to be recorded in the Grand A Conresronext at Kiukinng writes Council books for the first vacancy of a under date of 1th inst.:—" The weather Taotaiship; Mr, Shen Tun-ho, expectant at this port is splendid; the thermometer prefect and Assistant Commissioner, to be registers only 76 degrees in the shade. But promoted to the rank of an unattached the majority of the residents have gone to expectant Taotai; and Mr. Penniall, Chief cooler climes, to the bungalows on the Naval Instructor, and Mr. Hearson, Chief hills, to get out of the heat in the Conces-Engineering Instructor, to be decorated with ion. The water in the river has risen five the Double Dragon of the 3rd class. The ches during the past 12 hours, register-other assistant instructors (natives) have ing 32 feet 6 inches." also each received promotions of one step Ix beautiful weather on Saturday the in official rank. It is evident by the above European members of the crew of the P. that the Emperor recognises the usefulness, steamer Kaisar-i-Hind held an athletic of the work done in the Nanking Naval Academy. meeting on the Drill Ground, near th Harbour Master's office, at Woosung. The Ir is reported from Soochow that it is first event, the 100 yards race, produced a rumoured that a certain clique of Censors Hoon contest, out of some fourteen starters at Peking have denounced H.E. Chao Shu-H. Haynes, C. Winthrop and'. King projao, Governor of this province, and Lu g-yuan, Grain Intendant of Kinngsu ving successful in the order named, In the three-l race the deciding heat was and the first Customs Taotai of the new won by H. Kemp and. King; H. Hart of Soochow. It appears that when and H Haynes and J. King and J, Steven.
governor Chao was promoted to Soochow son being second and third respectively. from Hangchow last summer, he took pains Putting the weight had been. looked upon to weed out all incapable or avaricious as a certainty for L. Long, the jovial Chief officials within his jurisdiction, and anyone Engineer, but a dark horse, C: Winthrop, who had failed to do his duty in a con-romped in, the man of machinery having scientious manner was sure to be pitilessly to be content with second place. The dismissed the service or was denounced to the Throne. The upshot of this was that Long Jump and throwing the Cricket Ball fell to H. Haynes and. J. Stevenson. the Governor incurred the enmity of the the Sack Race B, Walker, G. Hampton, friends of the dismissed officials, and, and the Doctor, R. B. Williams, pulled off able and honest though he is reported to the three prizes amid much cheering. In be, will have to be subjected to a secret the Consdation Race the Captain came investigation from some one appointed by with a mighty rush, and for the first 50 the Throne for the purpose in order to find yards looked all over winner. But the cout whether the charges made against him remaining distance proved too much, have any trath in them. The investigator Stephenson, Battle and E. Parsons win-will, in all likelihood, in_the present ning. A cricket match followed, stumps instance be the Nanking Viceroy, Liu being drawn at 6 p.m. On the quay K'un-yi, the Governor's immediate sup-before starting for home cheers were given enor, Governor Chao is a close friend of Chang Chih-tung, the Wuchang Captain Daniel, and thus ended a most for the organiser and prime mover ofall, Viceroy, who, when acting Viceroy of successful and pleasant meeting. F, Her-the Liang Kiang provinces last. year, bert discharged the onerous duties of
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