Lu ull there are tive dult parades a day which gives the men very little leisure. The camp regulations are strict in the extreme, The roll is called an hour after dusk and, s: on after "lights out"is -unded, The mew are only allowed out on pass during the daytime and that for nly hour or iwo at one time. They area fine body of men snd seem to be ® superi-r Cinss to trove We are accustomed to see these parts, The instructors (Chinese) appear to be very keen men and ate trying to train up *mart up-to-date infantry.
The Imperial Post Office hus ind " Lttle rouble over a, sign-mard and a letter-box at one of its box vflices being smashed up ty a soldier attached to the Commissioner of Customs (Likin).
get a satisfactory settlement, Mr, Willivms) referred the matter tohis¢ ief at Peking with the result th"t the C-mini-s-oner has been dismiss e, the reason given being old age. The S. D. K. at Work. were lewing the Examination Hall, Mr At the last examination, as the students
Bevis, C1. superintend the distrilution of a number of books sent for the ji urpese by the S.D.K. amongst the inese. The hooks were well received, only a very few being ill-mannered to throw away or tear them up. -!The Wet Summer we have had has pr-dueed an uncommon amount of ague amongst th~ Chinese. All class-es: ud aves wre attacked, The Fur Merchants from the North have arrived and have their st-cks on show. Prices "re nesty double what they were a year or two the reason given being the qu: ntity needed for foreign trade. The silk merchants give the same reason for the great rise in the price of silk.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.