The new gunpowder works which have been recently built by the authorities of the Kiangnan Arsenal for the manufacture of brows cocus pris: powder were officially ned on Friday last in the presence of the nis of the Arsenal and their friends, the atfiir be! tention ally kept as private as possible, as the Chi e de t wish tu have foreign ridicule thrown upon this the latest proof of the real progress they are making. The powder-rusking machinery proper was imported from Krapp, whilst the motive power, engines, boilers, ete, were constructed in the Shanghai Arsenal from the dvsigna of Me. Bunt. The buildings are constructed in a very substantial manner and isolated from each other jimise the effects of an explosive cur. The motive power is conveyed from one building to ancther by means of long wire ropes, and t tiiness and regularity with which the machinery works speaks volumes for the efficiency of this system for the tra power. Every operation, from the roasting har. cml to the packing of the finished prisms was 8 and carefully observed, all present expressing themselves very pleased with the exse and celerity with which the various processes were carried out. The usual Chinese luncheon brought the proceedings to a close.
From a Shanghai resident's point of view, perhaps the most pleasing feature was the splendid new road that hay been wade from the Arsenal to the Powder Works, by which it is possible to drive from th Bund to the Pagoda in less than three-quarters ut a hour,
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