'A Chengtu, provincial capital of Sze-chun, dispatch states that Tachienlu, an important market town on the Szechuan-Tibetan border; belonging to the prefect ture of Yachou, is to be promoted to the status of an independent sub-prefecture, or "Chibli-ting." This is owing to the great influx recently of now residents and squatters both from the interior towns of Szechuan as well as of Tibet, increasing the population of Tachienlu some eight-fold. The constant travelling to and fro of foreigners of late in the vicinity of Tachienlu is also one of the reasons for the change in administration of the town which is every day increasing in importance.
2nd August.
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