Ir is only by continually hammering away that a great reform can be accomplished; the public may get weary of the hammering, but the result, if achieved, is worth all the incidental weariness, Everyone i terested has been hammering away at the conservancy of the Huangpu for thirty years or more, and we have felt it our duty and feel it still to continue to keep the matter before the public. Six weeks ago we described the scheme which the riparian owners in Sbunghai_ have laid before the Customs, giving a small sketch pla of what is proposed. 'To-day' we issue a coloured chart of the Huang-from the Kiangnan Arsenal to the yangtze, which will elucidate fully the important question of the preservation of our river as a navigable waterway.
When any reform is proposed, there are three questions which must be answered in the affirmative 1.—Is it necessary 2—Will the proposed scheme effect it 3.—Is it the best practicable scheme As ty the necessity of the proposed reform there is no doubt whatever in she mind of anyone who has given avy..ttention to the snd ject. From outural and artificial causes which have been explained over and over
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