Their own sil being unfitted growth of cotton, the Szechuan provin" have hitherto depended upon the producers in this part of the country for their supply. Tu yeate past as much as Tle.4 000,000 welsh of this material was imported into that rich province per annum, The importation of article has however shown a marked off in late years, since foreign yarn hus come into the narker; the demand for the produce of the country round about here has decreased to one-half the former amount, with a corresponding fall of Tls. 2,000,000 per year in revenue.
"Ins" aND THE " ovTS."
There was quite a econo in une of the prefectorial yamens in Chekiang in the Intter part of last winter, the principal rotors in the event being the two officials, one the newly appointed Prefect and the other the retiring official. One day while the new-comer was out on the street, " number of peuple stopped the progress of his train and there handed him petition, The contents of the document were to the effect that the retiring official, together with some of his secretaries and underlings, had in a certain case, received from the petitioner several sume of money in an illegal way, The Prefect on finishing the, reading of the petition drew it up urf to investigate "the alleged and on the following day he
He ordered tables to cause the accused secretaries and run-nora to appear before him, With the exception of come of the runners the others disappeared. The Protect was groatly angered at this, and there was a general clamour mingled with the sound of b ing." The noise penetrated into the ini rtments where the retiring Prefect:
aving. On hearing this the accused official rushed out into the Court-room and & fierce quarrel then took place which nearly ended in the disputants coming to blows. The magistrate, hearing the news, hastened to the spot, and it was not until after repented +fforta that he succeeded in the peace-maker the retiring official left unleting the wranglers. On the advice of
the place the same night, taking with him his scribes and underlings, Hupao.
A KOLAO HUE CAProRE, More particulars are coming to light with reference to the capture of the Kolao Hui chief lately reported by this paper. By means of the information aupplied us by our Hankow correspond: ut, we Jearn the name of the captured chief is K'an So-ming, a native of Hunan, and a son of former military mandarin of no mean rank who on the battlefield. Through the patriotism of his father this man inherited his title, and he himself had also seen servian in the ranks of the brave during the Franco-Chinese war and. was present at Kelung during the fight. The captive is said to be a man of great prowess and: ne of the most furmid"ble members of the society, and before it waa consider. ed safe to. convey him to -Hupeh th addiers inflicted severe. injuries to his Jegs.. The examinations. held upon him by the Wuchang Fu have: elicited but
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