from A. B, M.'s Consul at Ningpo, who is now taking charge of th" interests of Wenchow forthe present. Consuls' visits, Tike angels', have been few and far between of late. This is the second occasion within a your, Me. Wilkinson was accompanied by Capt. Renwick, who has been recon-noirring in Chekiang province of late, and had as fellow-traveller Mr. Clarke-'Thornhill who, not content with the unique experience of being besieged in Peking, is soaking to further extend his acquaintance with the conditions of life in treaty ports.
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