for October was 5,49, inches; from Novem~ ber Ist to 14th 2,4%,. We are still hoping for fine weather when one hundred days? rain are up, possibly at the new moon. But as with the telegraphs, so with the management of the river, we wish it was in European hands.
FEARS OF A SCARCITY, Several small boats have already been wrecked among the still moving rocks of the New Rapid, and cargo boats are being sent down from here to help the upcoming cargo. Chungking will oon be short of everything.
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