Reuter wires that the Prince and of Wales will sail for India in Alized in August or September.
thought here that this report is not correct; for not only it. generally understood that the Royal visit had been postponed {ill the cold weather of 19615, 1 Tat the Viceroy has arranged an autumn tour which he could not possibly ander-he anticipated a visit from the Apparent about the same time, which tue Red Sea will be a fa mace and AngloTndian Society in the tlirors of its annual descent from the hilly to the plains, We have had sucha surfeit of spectacles and rejoicings that we are wetting a bit blase." Without. a doubt the future Emperor of India will qeevive a more enthusiastic welcome to is great eastern inheritance if he gives it ume to recover from the plethora of Joyal and royal enthusiasm which recent events have evoked.
The Weather and the Indian Weathercock.
Sir John Eliot leaves us in December distinguished Iker is only 35 but he ready " distin, if in the world of science and great things are hoped of h T think I anentioned in my ast letter that we had jad a little rai. That lasted for nearly a fortnight and we hi n to think that the monsoon had broken, but one fine morning we rose to find the sky cloudless and a return to normal hot weather conditions. The Govermaent of India have for the last two years treated the monsoon forecast confidential" document. They did not, there anybody inconvenience, however, since it invariably foretold what did not happen. things are expected of Mr.
alker. as already remarked, and if he proves himself a more reliable weather-than his predecessor he will al earned the gratitude of the Indian
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.