conditions here are just now very trying—being steamy." Everyone limp—late Shanghailanders" hate it. Theatre much affected thereby also, although—fur Hong-Kong—the attendance is distinctly goud" as the " official " hath it.
We suffer from cloud of officials, who, like the "Blanket on the Peak," put a damper on everything, from theatricals to sanitary business. How not to do it seems to be the "order of the day" here—as applied to everything official. The Dockyard Extensior drays its short length outwards to nea very very slowly, by the help of about four coolies, two old women and a boy—the two old women are not official.
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