ELE. In Hai-huan, Director-General of the Tientsin-Pokou railway, has been granted leave by the Central Government to appoint Taotai Li Téh-shan and Yang Wen-chun as Deputy Director-General and Secretary, respectively, of that railway.
KO FENG SHIH, Commissioner of native opium taxes, has been granted the brevet rank of President of one of the Ministries in Peking in recognition of his services to the country.
THE WATWUPO, has written to the Japanese Minister' stating that the agreement made between the Japanese Government and the Great Northern Telegraph Com-any concerns the coast line of China, and that the Chinese Government does not recognize the validity of the contract. The Waiwupu requests that the Tokio Government be communicated with on the subject.
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