The following circular dispatch was lately sent by HE. Sheng Kusg-pao, Director-General of Mines and Railways for the Central and Southern provinces of the Empire, to the managers of all the telegraph offices of the Imperisl Chinese Telegraph Administration and the m"nagers and agents of the China Merchant<' SRI. the maritime and riverine ports, south of Chefoo:—I have to inform you that I have engaged a first-class Mining Engineer and Mineralogiggle Expert from England to investigate Sod make a full report on the cox and mineral deposits of the eighteen provinces, Should your place possess any deposits of aworkable nature, no mater what they may be, you are requested to make sil haste in petitioning me in detail on the subject—a limit of one month from date ofthe receipt of your instructions being given you, which must not be exceeded. Iwill then soul the said expert to you, and you are to accompany him and give every assistant your power in the matter. As this "effects the welfare of our country you are requestd to lose no time in attending to it.
The Reactionaries Again, A Peking private dispatch to hand stars that awin: to the unaccountable jealousy of certain reactionaries in Peking they have succeeded in placing obstruction in the way of the appointment. of Sir Chen-tung Liang Ch'€ag, K.C.M.G., to the Ministership to the United States, la consequence of which " special Imperial decree of the 30th ultimo was telegraphed to Washington to await the arrival there from Ensland of Sir Chen-tung. who is with Prince Tsai Chen, commanding him "not to relieve Minister Wu Ting-fa.g, until further orders." Doubtless 'a present" of same Tls. 10,000 or so to Sir Chen-tung's opponents may remove their opposition.
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