A Changsha, capital of Hunan, dispatch states that the Empress Dowager has granted the request of Yi Lien-sin, Gove nor of that province, to defer the Provin-cin) or M, A. examinations at Ch'angsha, that should take place in a few months, until about the same time next year. There will thus be a double competition; one the usual biennial competition, and the other the ' Grace" Bx:
"thirtieth birthday anni in calobration of His Majesty Kuang H's 8 h fel last year (1900) and should have been competed for in the autumn of this year.
15th July.
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