Wang K'o-chiang, prefect of Chinkiang, has been occupied the past mouth in draft: "ing regulations with reference to the deepening of the irrigation canals in his prefecture, which require " good deal of cleaning and widening, as the country.
with characteristic foolishness and have been throwing rubbish into their neighbours' canals and filling up those bordering on their own Iunds in order to procure a greater surface for cultivation.
THE Locust TEST, Although immense quantities of. the young locusts—which literally cover the ground for miles around in the districts belonging to Chinkiang since the approach of summer weather—have been brought to the Iveal authorities by the countrypeople and destroyed, they' still appear to be very abundant, and are causing great anxiety.
'TIENTSIN ROBBERS, The practice of jumping from one housetop to another and demanding from the inmates ut the point of x sharp knife trifling lan," by the daring spirits of Tientsin, which had been so prevalent for sonic years, but had keen suddenly put a stop to last winter by the local authorities of that port making severe examples of accused persons by starving or torturing them, and in some cases immediate decapitation, is beginning to be felt again. Two wealthy merchants in the city were visited lately by thieves of this class who "borrowed" and took away about $500 in hard cash,
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