The new Governor of the province Ting Chen-fu has arrived from Yunnan, where he previously held office. The ' populace seem to be pleased to have got rid of his predecessor Huang, to whom they attribute the high price of rice and the large fires of last winter, when, it is said, over a thousand houses were destroyed ' within ity. Certainly the advent of Govern or Ting has coincided with a marked drop in the price for uew rice, and that from Tid of at 10 candareens for six catties.. On the gorernment granaries, i being got new rice is. about double this price. One marked effect of the destructive fires, be sides the numerous open spaces not yet rebuilt upon, is that lime is now more than double its previous price, being 70 to 90 candareens a picul.
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