has passed, both politically, socially, and commercially, and the epidemic of plague continues to be the absorbing topic of discussion. The statistics do not, unfortunately, show any decrease, and they are not veliable if they did. "There "re several fresh Eurupean cases, and I am sorry to have to record that Captain and Mrs. Brownhill, who were staying in the Connaught Hotel, and who were removed thence to the Plague Hospital a day or two age, have both succumbed to the disease, On the other hand, some of the European patients have been'discharged cured and most of them are doing well.
'The Chamber of Commerce has, I hear, andre-sed a courteous but firmly' worded letter to the Government on the subject, urging energetic action in (he direction of grappling with the epidemic, nnd has received a reply, said to be of a rather petulant character. As, however, neither letter nor answer have' been made public we are still in the dark as 10 the real terms either, he public are looking with terest for the appearance of this correspon-deuce in the Press.
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