is coming to the front again, is evidenced not only by the more frequent inquiries, but also by the small number of students attending the prefectural examinations. In those which close! here on the 16th April, the prefect only about: half the The result to him was that he grouped them in three divisions instend of five as formerly.
On inquiry 2s to the cause of the gre: falling ff, I can only g-t the answer that the literati think that t+ the future such degrees will be of but little worth. We also understand that Governor Yuan is contemplating the establishment of a large
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.