With refereees to the ramour of projected occupation by troops of the Britich concession at Hankow, ascertain that a meeting of British residents la Haokow was bell recently, in consequence of which a tel-gram was despatched through th authorities to the higher British both from Wachang and Hanyang The shooting wes still poor and the danger to the concessions was shown by the frequent dropping of shells io the godowns near the Taiping Rossi. Serious alarm was ceased by one which exploded in the compound of the Hankow Light and Power Ca.. bat the danger which would have been caused to the concastions by the destruction of the lighting system was avoided. incident of the day was" conflagration which took place at the China Merchants' baildiogs and only the fact that the wind was blowyy from the Concemions avoided jat might have been a great disaster.
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