The other day a dispatch received from Nanking stated that H.E. Tuan Fang, Governor of this province, had given out his intention of travelling straight overland from that city vid Ch'angchong to Soochow, without calling at Shanghai. Another telegram now states that after handing over the Viceregal seals to H.E. Chou Fu, Governor Tuan Fang was to leave Nanking yesterday forenoon and then inspect the forts and troops en at Chinkiang, Kiangyin, Tsungming I and Woosung. Coming up to Shanghai ies reported that Govertior,, Tuan Fang will change at once from the cruiser he is travelling in into a steam launch, now held in readiness near Kinleeyuen Wharf, and steam straight for Soochow without making any stay here or paying any calls, Improvements in Shansi Province.
'A Peking letter states that certain gentry of Shansi province have petitioned the Shangju for permission to establish a proposed to engage a foreign possibly from the Taiyuan Eiral College, As there is also a vast extent of rich goas lands on the Shansi Mongol a frontiers, outside the Great Wall, it is further proposed to stock them with cattle and horses, the latter specially with the object of furnishing cavalry remounts for the Imperial Army To Stady in Japan.
'A party of expectant officials and gentry of Kiangsi are, according to a Nanchang (capital of that province) dispatch, about to leave that city for course of study in Japan. The p-tty consists of the one prefect, three district magistrates, two directors of studies two M-tropvlition expectant offici Is, and six members of the Kinnzsi gentry, all of whom possess the literary grate of Chajn, or Master of Arta, This is a thoroughly repres -ntative pry, and much good may be antici ted for Kiangsi province from the extended knowledge of the civilisation of the West which may be gained from a sojourn in Japan of these gentlemen, who are all men of influence.
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