A few days laver the merchants of the city showed their appreciation of Mr. Mocphai's interest in them and in their business by inviting him to a feast spread in his honour. It 1s a good sign to see the Chinese so appreciative of a foreigner with whom they have business relations.
The New School Building, two stories, n style, about which I wrote you'in the spring, has been com pleted, and the school has moved in at the beginning of the autumn session. 'There are forty-six boarding pupils and some five or six teachers. English, Japanese, and Western branches are taught. The head " the school is Br: T'ao, a cultivated young scholar, son of H.E.'T'so Mu' of Gunton. We wish: the institution much success. We are sorry to hear that, as in most of the new schools, the regular worship of Confucius at the first and middle of exch month is required of all students, thus practically shutting the door of the institution to Ubristian Chinese.
The De-mess of the Rice.
The continued high price of rice in. this section is inexplicable to us. The crop is fin", but new rice is s-hing at more than $5.59 per tan. Old rice is between 6.50 and 7 dollars per tan.
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