Experience has taught the Chinese the virtues of whitewash, if of nothing else, but they still object very strongly to have their household overhauled by the: Whitewash Brigade, and a petition has just been addressed to the Governor bearing' the chops of upwards of 400 of the leading hongs and merchants asking that proper notice be given to Chinese householders to: whitewash their own premises instead of its being done for them without sufficient notice by the sanitary authorities. They allege that their goods have been damaged and they have been put to great loss by the rough and ready methods of the Sanitary 'THE LATE MANAGER OF THE VACUUM OIL
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