Harbin, Dec. 4.
There are signs that in the coming Spring the Chinese Government officials throughout Manchuria will be busy with affairs of great importance for the welfare of the Republic in general, and the three Eastern Province particular.
Already the Central "Gov. ernment has acquiesced in the Governor of Heilungkiang's rest for the sending of emigrants from Shantung to this most northern province, where so much labour required to open up the rich Thousands upon thousands of labourers can bs usefully employed by the Government in reclaiming land adjacent to the numerous riverlets that are to be found throughout the region. Others are required for cutting canals, for deepening streams, and for general agricultural work.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.