Mr. Yeh Tachang, formerly judicial tant to the Shanghsi magistrate, but since his return from an audience at Peking made Police Cunmissioner of the native city and environs of Shanghai, left this for Souchow yesterday to thank the high authorities for his ap well as to report officially his re urn from leave at absence ts Peking.
THE PEIYANG NAVAL SECRETARIAT, Boardof Control of the Peiyang Defences, consisting of their Excellencies tol, Pan Chun-wou and Chang, Chief Commissioners, has been in the persona of Mr, Shui, as Assistant Civil Naval Commi and General Lung Tien-yang, as Military missioner ut Defences. The latter official was degraded last summer by the Kiangsu Guvernor for some alleged failure of duty, and his being taken in. hand by
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