It is stated from Anch'ing (Nganking), the provincial capital of Anhui, that Governor Nich of that city will leave there on the 14th instant for a tour of inspection of the provincial territorial forces and newly-organised, foreign-modelled corps. The tour will occupy about three weeks at most, and during Governor Nieh's absence, the Provincial Treasurer will have charge of the capital. It is further stated that owing to the popularity of the machine-made ten and five cash pieces in Kiangsu and Kuangtung, where there is great demand for them, Governor Nieh has given orders to the Director of the Nganking foreign-modelled mint to strike several hundred thousand of these handy copper cent pieces.
The Permanent Residence of Foreigners in the Interior, With reference to the above demand of J. Mackay, it is reported in Mandarin circles that the Chinese Commissioners have offered as an alternative, that a foreign merchant desiring in the future to make permanent or lengthened rosidencs in the interior cities for the legitimate purposes of trade, should first obtain from the Consul of his nationality a sors of guarantee paper, to be stamped and sealed ty the native authorities, stating clearly the trading purposes of the merchant in question. "Armed with this the merchant may remain and reside in the interior as long as he pleases, always providing that the said merchant does nothing contrary to the laws of the lind, nor deals in contraband goods.
Pirates in T'aihu Lake.
According to a Soochow dispatch, there have recently appeared in the waters of the Taihu lake, nea Soochow, various burge squadrons of piratical craft which have been robbing pretty freely any trading or passenger boats they have met, so that there is quite a panic in that vicinity. The worst phase of the matter, however, is that number of wealthy families living on the Eastern and Western Tungting isiends, inside Téaihu lake, many of the heads of which families ave in lucrative positions in Shanghai, have been constantly robbed by successive bands of these pirates, who in tone raid made off with no less. than Tls. 39,090 in sycee and gold bars,
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