The office in question is in charge of two courteous and efficient men, ranking xs Taotais, both able to speak French, with past connection with Frenchien in Foochow and elsewhere, but curiously enough there is no English-speaking official attached to the office. With the extensive interests commercially and otherwise of English-speaking people in the province it is more than a mere in-Convenience that no English-speaking official is installed at the yamen meant specially to deal with questions affect foreigners. To sny the least one of the gentlemen might be expected to spank English and thus obviate the necessity of a second language for English-speaking clients. ailing this accomplishment one ix compelled to tse the usually unsatisfactory services of un inte: preter.
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