Holliday, the former being assiyer at the Kiangoan Mint and the latter Prof. of Engineering at the Naval Colleze, together with H.ML Consul Mr. A. J. Sundius, have, as far as your correspondent knows, been the only foreigners who have remained within the city walls during the summer. Others in all probability could have done so had they wished.
Unless a great change has taken place within a day or two, Nanking at present is cooler than Shanghai. The minimum temperature of to-day has been 62°, 1th September.
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