Educational and Agriculture Tokio, June 25.
"The Government-General has decided to establish several additional middle and higher grade schools in Formosa," Mr. Shimomura, Chief of the General Affairs Section in the Government General, who is in Tokio on official business, told a representative of the "Hochi."
"One of the administrative difficulties in the island is the recurrence of floods which annually cause railway losses to the amount of Y.1,000,000. During the rainy season serious damage was done to the railway leading to the Arisan mountain and the majority of the timber mills in the districts have been compelled to close.
"The output of camphor shows a gradual decrease, and exports are waning. The future prospects, however, are not unfavourable in view of the scarcity of the world supply of this product.
"The recent slump in sugar quotations and the decrease of the public demand for the product is a serious blow to the industry in the island.
"The subjugation of the native outlaws' is making satisfactory progress. The introduction of police aeroplanes has had reassure ing results. It is regrettable, however, that some police officers on the frontier are still subject to attack by the aborigines.""—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.