There is some complaint about, the tatives of the steamer companies in to the passengers before the arriv 0 hsueh and their system of issuing tickets steamer, A fow days ago an unfortunate individual was persuaded to take a ticket by particular line which had a boat advertised to reach Wusueh that day. The boat did not come, he applied to have his money refunded but was refused and so waited on here for three days before being able to proceed to Hankow, although several other steamers have in the meantime. Another cause of complaint, and I have heard of it more than once, is. the careless manner in which dirty water is thrown from the steamers when passengers are disembark ing at, these passenger stations. A case of this sort occurred quite recently. The boat was alongside the steamer and filling with
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