A number of the houses have been engaged whose owners are absent on furlough. So many were prevented by the Boxer movement from going last year that the coming season promises a full community. The usual: committees on supplies, sanitation and laundry have been appoint ed early in order to. perfect their plans. The Chinese Imperial Post Office will open promptly. The official rates in Chinese and English are to be printed and furnished to each house-owner and visitor who asks for a copy at the rest-house.
2rd April.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.