The weather is now favourable and many people are enjoying the bathing in Clara Bay. Regulations as to bathing will soon appear, and before long Tsiutao will be in vogue as a first-class bathing-place, As soon as the Shanghni-Soochow-Chinkiang railway, and the Chivkiang-Peking line, connecting at Chinaufa witl the line to Tsintao, are open, Tsintao will be within fourteen hours of Shanghai. Next year those who come to Tsintao for sea-bathing will find accommodation in the new comfortable Strand Hotel, and some private houses will be built wear the beach to accommodate guests.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.