The ronolt ofall chia that the cost gone up. The guild of carpenters, who, by the way, all come from South unau, to the number of over a thousand, have decided on a five-cent rise, their wi now standing at $0 cents a day for skilled labour. The painters, who all come from one hsien in the Héngchou prefecture, Hunan, have decided on a higher rise, 0 that their wages amount to nearly 40 conte. Other labour has gone up in sympathy. Now all this has taken place with the price of rice the lowest it has been for some years, viz. $2 a picul at the beginning of the winter and a slight rise since. This jerease in the coat of living is leading, I lies to move into Hunan, intensely cold with a good deal of snow. Troops come and go, and for the moment the rebellion seems to have quieted down. But it has dove this 90 often before, only break out with renewed vigour, tht it in idle to say that it is over.
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