The rice harvest is in progress and if the rains will keep away until the cereal can be gathered, it will be a plenteous harvest. The long drought in July caused the water in the river to go down ko low that cargo boats! had great difficulty in getting up, consequently rice went up in price, but it is now on the decline, since there is some new rice on the market.
The political parties are active ini our city. The Tungménghui has had an enthusiastic meeting and the Konghotang has not been organized but notices are out calling meeting.
We have now a change in the government of our city. A new judge has come and the judicial and exeecutive departments of the Government are to be kept separate.
At a meeting of the local Council, estimates of receipte and disburse. ments revealed the sad fact that, the Council was short of several thousand dollars. Ways and means were discussed as to how to meet! the deficit, but nothing definite was decided upon.
Forty li from Chenchow there is a lead and silver mine that promises well, It is an old Chinese mine, not having been opened for fifty odd years. There is a German engineer in charge who seems to think the mine is very promising. The land where the mine in located is 900 metres above Chenchow. I spent a night there recently and found it very cool, no mosquitoes and there was splendid spring water. The company is preparing to build two for-;
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