The grain crops are said to be very good, and the General commanding the Russian troops in this district has issued proclamations inviting the Chinese agriculturists to return and cultivate their crops.
If he and his officers can maintain dis cipline and punish outrages with the same firmness and severity that the Japanese displayed five years ago, there is no reason why the results should not be equally satisfactory.
Itis unlikely that there will be much export business for another fortnight. The bean boats, which are now leaving for the interior after disposing of their cargoes, will have carried the news that fighting has ceased, and will return with many other river craft, which have been waiting for reliable information from this port.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.