The officer in charge of the government at Tarbsgatai states that, this being a year in which it is his duty to send horses to the Emperor, he selected a number of horses from his herd and after subjecting them to a great deal of training and trying, "he: has picked out four geldings from the number. At the same time according to established ut the Captain General of the sleuth Tartars has furnished two horses fas his tribute. hough the six horses do not match in colours, still they are all docile and well-broken. At the begining of June, when the grass on the plains was Jong and plentiful, they were despatched to Peking under the of two oticers and a party of soldiers. They will follow
and they will be carefully tended and allow:
route through Kobe spd Ulanglisi beans fave also been provided for them. ed to graze by the way, while corn and On their arrival at Peking they will be delivered to the Master of the Horse, that they may be exercised and got ready for His Majesty's use. The authorities at Kobdo, at Ulianghwi and in the Chahar country have been notified in order that the local officials may take care of them by the way. The memorialist further has the honour to enclose a memorandum giving their colours, ages and the sizes of their hoofs, as a means by which they may be identified.
17th October.
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18th October.
YLOODs IN THE CANTON PROVING, A memorial presented by the Governor at Canton gives an account of the ugricultural prospects and price of corn in the province under his jurisdiction during the intercalary sixth ninth (July and August lust). The harvesting of the early crops was completed, rain fell frequently, and the late planting was undertaken... The price of rice also fell lightly, But in the last day or two of the month Luugeh'wan Hsien in Huichou Fu was visited by terrific rains. The mountain torrents" poured down into three low-lying sections, where the water rose to a height of teu feet on the level ground. The people were drowned in crowds, and thousands of buildings fell. Lower down stream is the neighbouring district of Changlo in Chiayingchou. Here the rivers united and the water rose higher than ever. The embankments close to the city on both sides gave way at the same moment. A gap was made in the city wall, and, as most of the houses inside are built of mud, more than half of them were washed down. The magistrate's yamen and the official buildings connected with it were all overwhelmed, but the prisoners were safely removed in time, without any of them escaping. In the' town altogether sixteen us were drowned. The state of th in Changlo seems even worse than in Lung. chuan, Both of them are poor districts, and the memorialist fears that with, such a sudden calamity many of the people must have been driven away from their, homes, He has appropriated Ts. 3,000 for their relief, and has telegraphed to the local Taotai to advance the money temporarily, Other funds have been provided. from private sources. Officials will be sent. to assist the local authorities in distributing the money. Every effort will be made drain off the foud water and repair the embankments as soon as possible.
19th October.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.