The American Norwegian Mission here bought property last year in Fants a large town on the Han opposite Siang: yang tu, and started building a house with a view to settling there. when the walls were up une storey the authorities came and stopped further proceedings on the ground of some informality in the purchase, They also put the middleman and others in gaol. The Mission has sunk some Tls, 4,000 in this, but in of the best aid of the American Consul nothing can be done in the matter. They have seemed to be on the eve of " favourable settlement several times, but their hopes have only been raised in order to be dashed to the ground og:
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