has been received from Nanking to the effect that the long and severe drought afflicting that portion of Kiangsu province: had been brok sty and that w s did and plenteous rainfall, lasting for over 24 hours, fell on the afternoon of the inst., Hlooding the country to the depth of from 4 to 3 (Chinese) inches, Tu consequence of this " groat loxd of anxiety hus been taken off the shoulders of Viceroy Liu K'un-yi, One of his chief fears had been that the drought and consequent threatened failure of the crops would create dissatis faction and unrest amongst the dense agri cultural population of North Kiangsu, who with no occupation, and with starvation actually before them, would easily be persuaded to join the ranks of the secret societies and furnish them with at least 100,000 able-bodied recruits, thereby increasing the gravity of the present situation considerably. These rains have therefore stopped all this and should be considered providential,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.