Hu Ting-kan leaves for his new post as Governor of Kiangei next week, his successor being expected to arrive from th: north the latter part of this week and take over the seals of office on the 13th inst. H. E. Hu plans to go most, if not all, the way to his new p'ace by water, going up the Yellow River from here to where the Grand Canal crosses and then down the Canal. Last night he gave a farewell feast at which over thirty sat down, nearly all the foreigners in town of any standing be-invited. The German Consul read a short addrces of congratulation on H. E.'s promotion, wishing him a safe journey, to which the Governor replied in the H. E. Shang C'hi-hong, who was formerly Provincial Judge, then seting Governor, pending the arrival of H. KO. Ha, and who has lately been Provincial Treasurer, lias lost his mother, so is retiring from office for a year or \wo. The faneral vf the Indy takes p'ace this week.
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