Our local magistrate gives over his seals of office to-morrow. He leaves on the plea of ill-health, but the Chinese all report he is out of favour with the prefect, and the preas seized this opportunity to change He is succeeded by Mr. La, " Customs The military General returned Inst week from a visit to the Viceroy. It is supposed he was down owing to the recent report from Peking. He is pro-foreign_ and both at our foreign and Chinese New Year sent his card round to some of us missionaries, A present of some of the publica tions of the Society for the Diffusion of Christian Knowledge was very thankfully received by both the magistrate and the military General some time ago.
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