but the cash, which I am told are somewhat The new copper mint is now at work. smaller but thicker, than those in common use, are not yet issued. The Hupeh dollars are becoming very popuinr as they deserve to abound. It is said that the Emperor has ordered the Governors of Hupeh and Htinan to Peking as there is no need both for a Governor and a Viceroy. The much-hated Chien has also gone to Poking, it is said to be made a Taotai. Everyone, except the Viceroy himself, hopes he will never come back to this part of China. We hear that the Viceroy has been ordered to. provide one hundred and fifty thousand taels for the building of a ney fleet.
ANEW MILL, Anew mill is lo be erected on the river bank for the manufacture of cloth made from hemp or China grass.
CHINA'S AWAKENING, a rumour that the Emperor has quiries of all the Viceroys asking what they are doing to advance Western Education, and ordering the founding of Agricultural Colleges in every province. But perhaps the most significant story is one that is told of the Emperor and said, to a request of the Emperor of the Tsungli Yaméo. The Emperor, it.is Corea to send a Chinese Minister to Corea. The Tsungli Yamen were instructed to pre-Tooke over them he found his own titles are the credentials. When the Emperor written in large characters whilst those of the Emperor of Corea were both smaller and lower down on the document. The Emperor enquired what was the meaning of this distinction and ordered the Tsungli Yamen to Gores. was. an independent country. and repare fresh credentials, saying that now that the two Emperors stood on ail equal footing, the whole world would only laugh at the pride which would try to place their own Emperor on a higher rank, Whether the story is true or not it is significant of a change in the times,
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