This continued wet weather, by consi the Chine-c to box themselves up in their close dwellings, has tended to increase the numbers of cases of plague. On the 12ch the cases had risen to 8, and on the 13th to 1L, but the disease is only sporadic, and we hope that the efforts of the sanitary authorities will succeed in confining it toa small number.
The New Members of Council.
The nambers newly nominated to the Legislative Council by the Chamber of Commerce and the Kench of Justices have been approved by His Excellency the Acting Governor, and the appointments of Hon, R. Shewan and Hon. G. W. F. Play fair have been announced.
The Chinese Members of Legislative Council.
During the past week quite a tempest in a tea-pot has been raised by rival factions of the Chinese over candidates for the honour of succeeding the Hon, Wei Yuk the Council, One faction, which includes all or nearly all the Eurasian Chinese and "native born," favours the appointment of Mr. Ho Tuny, while the other (the Chinese supporters of Messrs Bo Kai and Wei Yuk) wish to xee Mr. Fung Wa-chuen in the Council, I think the Ho Tung faction is the stronger, and possibly it is owing to a shrewd suspicion of the fact that Mr. Wei Yuk hus decided not to retire for the present. Meantime the native scribes continue the paper campaign with unabated ardour.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.