To the Editor of the "Norta-Oatwa Datty News."
Srr,—On the 29th ult. there appeared brief notes on native affairs in one of your alnable papers, in which it is stated that dispatch states that " member of the gentay Hangchovr, capital of Chekiang province,
of that city, named Tao, has obtained permission from Governor Yin Too-yung to establish a school of western learning in that city. For the support of this school it is proposed to levy a tax of forty cash por tael-weight of prepared opium sold Inside Hangchow city, one half of said tax to be laid by sololy for the expenses of the proposed school, while the other half or twenty cash goes into the provincial trea-'Upon reading the above, T cannot refrain from writing a few lines for your valuable paper to assure you that, so lar as I know, the proposed school is to be established in Kiahsing, not in Hangchow. It is proposed by Mr. Feng 7, the magistrate of the Hsi hsuhsion district of Kinhsingfu prefecture, who is assisted by Mr. py, a gentleman of that city. But, meanwhile there is also a school of western learning proposed, and tobe opened in Hangchow. will be supported solely by Mr. Woo if. a gentleman of the city. The only difference between these two schools is: one is to he supported by levying a tax in Kiahsing, and the atler by an individual's means in Hangchow.
Tam, ete.,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.