For some time one of the academies has been undergoing extensive repsira and alongside a new building is being erected. This is preparing for school extension after Western methods. In many places free schools for children have been opened, but English is not taught. We visited auch a school one day in a village '80 miles from - chang. Blaborate rules had been written out and hung up in the school. Phe scholars had to come at a.certain hour and be dismissed rib a certain hour. Writing and reading wore to be done at fixed times. Wo spent aday in the vicinity of the school, but could fee nothitig in the tracking or conduct of it different feom any other school of the old style. The German Gunboat Vorwarts arrived here" week ago. We hear it will remain all the winter. There was " report of a Japanese shallow-draught gunboat cuming up, but she has not put in an appearance yet.
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