Our Taotai, Mu Kei-teng-pu, is soon to Jeave us. Although a Manchu he has shown himself quite friendly. Our Magistrate, T'ao Tsai-ming, is also to go before a great while, through the machine tions of some enemy. We shall feel this as a distinct personal loss, as he has been hero a long time and in all his relations with us has always been most cordial and accommodating. We hardly hope to be as fortunate in his successor.
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