Kan provinces, has proposed to the Throne to construct a railway between Mongolia, to Lanchou, provincial capital of Kansu. The expenditare is estimated at Tls. 1,500,000, but nothing is said as to the source from which the money is to be obtained.
A MERCHANT CONSUL-GENERAL, A Canton dispatch states that Mr. Wa Chun-pei, who is a prominent Chinese merchant in Peru, has been appointed by the Peking Government as Consul-General for China in that country on the strong recommendation of H.E.
Ting-fang, Chinese Minister to the United States, ete:
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