has been dull generally, the near approach of the Chinese New Year having st; contributed to limit business transactions, twas viv wyation at Tokio on the 24th in South African War F
Socially, the week has also been uneventful oft and quiet. The weather has for the most art been gloomy, with fog in the morning and evening, and after a rapid rise in the thermometer there has lately been a 1 considerable drop. To-day it is colder, but Sat much finer, inships of the ye for Chive.
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