The autumn harvest has been better than usual where it has not been injured by flooding from river breaks. Along the course of the Yun Ho much damage has been done. It is the firm belief of many that the bank of this stream was cut in one place, for the break did not occur till the water had receded considerably from its highest point, so that all danger was considered past. The annual appropriation for the conservancy of this stream is about Tis, 48,000, and unless s break occurs, the harpirs who fatten on this grant have short pickings for a twelvemonth, Hence the necessity of stimulating the turbid current to do its duty.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.