Fu Jun, Governor of Shantung, sends his usual annual report on the Yellow River embankments under his jurisdic since the commencement of the warm weather, after the breaking up of the ice in the river. Every preparation against possible bursting of the banks by the downward rush of the freshets was made under the personal superintendence of the' memo-Tialist himself, and thanks to the energy and prompt obedience of his subordinates on the river works, no damages are reported.—Noted.
17th May.
THE couRT.
To-morrow morning after His Imperial Majesty shall have performed sacrificial worship at the temples, he will return to the Palace to grant audience to the Ministers of the Court, after which His Majesty intends to go to I-ho Park to pay his respects to H.I.M. the Empress Dowager, and then return back to. the Palace.
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