Consulate left on Wednesday for San and will be absent for some weeks. Be-! fore returning he is to visit, we understand, Fabning and other Missionary stations in the vicinity, One of the passengers by the last trip of the Haeshin to Shanghai was Mr. Reginal Tower, Secretary of Legation at Peking. During his short stay here he was the guest of Mr. P, E. O'Brien-Butler, H.
Consul.
Between heavy rains, thunderstorms and steamy heat, the weather at the close of the month is not agreable. If sickness amongst the natives may be gauged by the length of their noisy processions, there can scarcely be less than there was last year at this time—the time of a large consumption of unripe fruit.
Of recent improvements, undertaken by the community, few, if any, will commend themselves more tothe public than the purchase and demolition of the shops in the street leading from the hill to the Hongkong Bank premises and to the Foochow Native Hospital. The street is widened anda very cramped corner done away with, while the street itself is now a continuous one with that leading to the
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