and his able lieutenant, Mr. S. Y. Tang who isar the head of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, are much interested in various reforms and improvements in the province.
addition to the proposed Provincial College, of which I have written you fully, they are preparing to develop the present official bank here in Chivanfu into Provincial Bank, with branches in Chefoo and other places, and connections in Shanghai and Tientsin and possibly elsewhere. If this scheme is carried out it will be a great convenience to those who have to live in Chinan, A young man in the Foreign Otlice is leaving for Chefoo in a few days to see if he cannot make arrangements to have a steamer run regularly to Yungkia-kou, at the mouth of the canal, from which T believe it is proposed to' run steam launches up to the gates of Chinan.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.