The advent of spring has unfortunately produced the usual crop of serious ailments amongst the natives. Very many of them have died, chiefly it would appear from fever. The foreign community happily continues to be intact although sickness has been present amongst ourselves too. Improvement in the weather (which we look for) will it is hoped, bring about a corresponding betterment in the general health of the place. Our mails continue to arrive in the most irregular manner. On some occasions three deliveries have taken place on one day. It is only fair, however, to let the new service get well settled down to its work before Criticising too much, and it is only just to add that within the last week arrangements hhave.been made for five extra despatch days in the month. This expedient will be cut s deep gash in a Corean's shoulder, and then ran for his life. He was follow-morning, the Hunan soldiers in five compe inspection began at 7.30 on Manda;
ed by the Coreans and Japanese until the appearing first, If their firing by battalion Japanese Settlement was reached, when may be taken as an index of their whole two policemen arrested him and carried behaviour, they made an extremely credit-him off to the Japanese Consulate. The able show. Many of their volleys were steward denies that he used the sword, but nearly. perfect, while some, were, quite evidence points to the fact that his version so. Fitng by' file seemed to be most in of the story is untrue. Whether the Corean favour, both with officers and men, for many version of the occurrence be true or not, one thousands of cartridges went up in smoke thing is certain, and that is, that the Japan-in this manner. ese taking the steward to be a Russian urged
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