There have been no disturbances by bandits for some months and we can but hope that they will not appear again, 'The first crop of rice is said to be fairly good but the drought has injured the later rice. 'The water is very low everywhere and the people orel'" anxious for There have been 1 few cases of cholera bat nothing like' an epidemic. At least two cases were cured by the Chinese doctor in the Presbyterian Hospital daring absence of the foreign physician.
'A steam-launch company said to be under the Freach flag opened an office here in the spring and pat on several fast launches between Shanghai and Hangchow. The office is now closed and the people say that the other launch companies have agreed to pay a certain sum monthly to the new company not to run their boats. If this is true, it is a new way to meet competition.
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