In order to be prepared for the dry season the Chiukinng prefect has deputed an officer to go to the country and make ditches and ponds at places within short reach of the fields where cereals are cultivated.
WATERWORKS FOR YANSCHOW, The gentry in Yangchow lately addressed their prefect and solicited the wfficial's permission to allow waterworks started in that city. The proposal was sanctioned by the prefect, but it is difficult to predict how the high authorities will regard the scheme, and pending their permission, nothing of course, can be done.
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