A Foochow dispatch. reports that the Chinese authorities in that city have bought some "shih" (3 shih equals 160 from Pry through the French Consul, catties) of rice, owing ta, the meagre berveste experienced in Foochow prefecture this year. Itis oe lig ssteodacten Tongking rice in such n quantity Guaeautate a new departure for Fukien province, which will probably become a Fegular customer of Tongking in the future-instead of depending upon Hupeh and Anhui provinees to supply shortage as in previous years.
25th October.
The M.A. Examinations at Canton.
A Canton telegram received here yesterday reports the completion of the M.A. Chujén Examinations in that city and the publication by official proclamation of the ames of the successful graduates yesterday morning.
To Assist the People of Peking.
Owing to the determined attitude of the inhabitants of Chihli province and those belonging to the Imperial Prefecture of Shuntien (Peking) in resisting the payment of fines—imposed upon them by the Chinese authorities to indemnify the Protestant and R. C. Missions and their converts for tion of lives and property last y ing rise to the formation of the Lienchuang-hui or Allied Villages, as already previously noted in these columns, it will also be remembered perhaps by our readers that the Chihli Provincial Government and the Metropolitan Government of Peking were compelled in the interests of the preservation of peace to consent towards paying, at least, one-half of the amounts y demanded as fines.
This step, due to the sagacious and shrewd Viceroy Li, saved "the face" of the mandarins, and consequently no one could better assume the nondghalant manner than H.E., when in reply to the cager questions of the Foreign Ministers as to what the Government intended doing in the crisis, Viceroy Li carelessly replied that no difficulty need be anticipated in crushing this embryonic insurrection." Ministers shook their heads when they heard this, but when it eventually transpired what it was that gave the old Viceroy so much confidence there was naturally no surprise. The first instalment of this, assistance" to the people of Chihli has now been collected by the Metropolitan Government in the shape of two million taels raised from the sales at places of production of tribute rice destined for transport to Peking, which according to a Peking correspondent, will be handed to the Missions concerned in a ys. The following were the amounts paid over by the tribute rice provi concerned in making. up the two mil taels in question:—Value of tribute tice rom Kiangsu and Chekiang, due last year that should have gone up North by ti Grand Canal, at the time, Ts. 1,360,000 from Shantung by same Canal, Tls. 110,000; from sales of official rank and titles, per new regulations, contributed by Kiangsu, Tls. 220,000; from Ichang, Hupeh, Native Customs Reserve, Tls. 100,000; from'tribute rice due by Anhui province last year, Tls. 100,000; and from Imperial Bank of China on account of deposits in the name of the now defunct Wuywei Chun, " or freely translated, the Grand Army of the North, of which the notorious Yung Lu wax once the Genei lissimo and Tung Fu-hsiang hin trusty henchman and lieutenant, Tls. 100,000.
The Higher Examinations still to be held at Peking.
In ad@ition to the news reported in these columns yesterday morning about the holding of the M.A. and Doctor examinations ab Nanking next year in liew of ab Peking, an official" dispatch from the "old" capital yesterday states that it has been recommended and also approved by the Empress Dowager to
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