With the withdrawal of the Allies from Paoting, the provincial capital of Chihli, the Chinese provincial authorities and local officials of tht city have nearly all returned there to redccupy their several Yaméns and take over their seals of office the usual way. The following were the "ates upon which some of the above noted functions took place:—Chou Fu, Provincial Treasurer, on the Ist of August Chou Hao, Provineint Judge, on the 26th July; and Ch'éa, new prefect of Paotingfu, on the 30th of July last.
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