There is now promise of a much better harve-t this autumn than for two or three past, and the people are happy in the prospect. Some of the near villagers have taken up the matter of raising foreign vegetables, and sweet corn and tomatoes of ood quality are now in the market. Fresh most, foreign stores, and ice are supplied on the ground, so that il is not difficult to supply one's daily needs at a rate not much above that of Tientsin, We also have a branch of the Imperial Post near h7, and the telegraph is reached at ths Peitaiho railway station five miles distant.
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