According to -a-memorial from. the Governor of Honan there have been serious floods in the part of the province which lies to the north' of the Yellow River. In -the first-half of July there were already heavy rains, and the low lands in several districts were reported as being under water. But after the middle of the month the Wei River rose suddenly as much. as twenty feet, flooding the land and running into the moat of Weihui Fu. The city gates were closed and blocked to prevent the entrance of the water, but outside the whole country was a wide sea. Many: villages were under water; and it was feared that some people had been hurt. by the falling of their houses. Somewhat similar reports came in from Boinhsiong Hsien, a little higher up the Wei River; and there: was a great freshet in the Tan River at Huai-ching Fu,.but the consequences there seem to have. been less serious. The memorialist hopes that, with the present fine weather the, water.will run off. enough to enable the people to replant their ground and get's crop after all, But
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