Hangchow, Jan. 29.
The Chamber of Commerce, and merchant-delegates assembled to seek some solution to the tax difficulty were the guests of the two governors at dinner last evening.
On the same evening the wife of our Postal Commissioner entertained the official members of the Post Office staff at a farewell dinner to the Postal Chief Ao countant, Mr. Lo Blanc, who leaves to-day for Peking. During the two years Mr. Lo Blanc has been in Hangchow he has been known chiefly for his unostentatious attention to duty and a considerable literary taste. He leaves for promotion in Peking with the best wishes of those who know him.
The voting returns for next year's (Chinese reckoning) Provincial Assembly show the number of legal voters to be 8,100,000. The least number for the first canvas must be 4,500.
Detailed arrangements are taking shape with regard to the Chekiang road system. The chief officials in charge are appointed by the governors, the minor by a_ local Committee.
The 15 polling booths for the coming Parliamentary elections are already fixed. They are notified as to be ready for work on March 1.
The Governor announces that, for the present. all special grants to students abroad must cease, owing to shortage of funds. For the same reason he insists on the utmost economy in election expenses.
From the beginning of the Chinese year all river-launch rates are to be raised.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.