Our usually quiet city is just now all astir with the students who are here for the annual examinations, which began on the 29th of June. The literary chancellor arrived on the evening of the 26th, two days before he was expected, and in fact before the students themselves had arrived in the city. In consequence he had to wait two days before the examinations could begin, a most unusual occurrence swith Chinese, so I am told, The total number of students who will attend during these examinations is no less than eleven thousand, coming from four hsien,
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