The city is filled with students in, attendance upon the. Triennial. Examinations which open on the 4th of September. The Literary Chancellors of Kiangsu and Anhui provinces have been in the city for sometime conducting preliminary examinations. Governor.. Chao, of Soochow, who. is. to preside over the Triennial Examinations, arrived here on Monday morning and was met by all the high officials. Taotai Kuei is to leave within a few months for his post a3. substantive Taotai of Hsiichou, and this Naval College vacant. It is. generally sup-Will leave the post: of issiouer-of the posed that Taotai Shea Tun-ho will: be appointed Commissioner,.as-he previously served as Director of the. College for three years. and is: familiar with the. duties, The. Ralph can lately had interviews with General Li Shou-thing and Taotai Shen Tun—ho in. regard to the transfer of the new army from Woosung to Kiangyin. It is not intended to break up the. Woosung barracks,.but"only to transfer the foreiga-drilled troops which have already served their commission to Kiangyin. and then draft new recruits for Woostng. It is said that part of the German officers will also be The smokestack of the new mint is rising rapidly, in the thickly settled. section near the West Water gate, and will soon_be much higher than the city gates. 'The buildings are not yet completed and it is not probable that the mint will be ready for opening before the end of the year. Nearly all of the foreign missionaries are enjoying a summer holiday at' Kuling. j The Rev. Gilbert Reid received a subsctipion here of Tls. 1,000 towards his International Institute.
25th August.
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