One Lung-meng here has petitioned the Chief Commissioner of the city police to tax the brothels of the city. He has offered to farm the matter and will pay a lump sum of more than a hundred thousand dollars for the right to levy a tax ati such houses throughout the city. The Coramissioner of the Police matter his involved, money will probably carry the day in the face of righteousness.
The Viceroy Attacks Idol Worship.
The Cantonese are greatly given to idol-worship. There Tatsiu coremoi are often prolonged during many though the. orthodox period is thr His Excellency has issued a proclam: tion, in which, after pointing out the follies of these things, and: the waste of time and money involved, he roundly telic' those who cater for these cere-los that he is determined to them to their legitimate limit, and will on no account allow them to be prolonged more than the three day 'Wo think, however, ho niust'be sarcastic when he suggests that they should devote their spare cash, thus saved, to the funds which' are needed to push forward the now education. The angry worshippers will object.
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