Allis us quiet as usual here, notwith-ding the alarming reports' from. the North. The chief complaints seem to be against the greatly increased Customs dues. Merchants ure keeping hack large quantities of tobacco from the N. W., because of the groutly increased rates demanded by the Customs. They are discussing the matter with the officials in true native style, he unusually low water in the river is also interfering with the usual bout traffic, especially on the Chingtsi-Kuan river—the chief route to Hisian and the N. W.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.