Yesterday for the first time in the history of the Chinese Customs in Lungchow a public burning of confiscated opium took place before the Taotai's yamen. Nearly ove piculs of the drug were bum It is estimated that nearly 50 tons of opium pass through Lung-how annually, Taxes are collected by the military officials, and usually care is taken that Chinese Customs stations are become careless and the mercha die is seized and confiscated by the!
'The opening of the new hotel on the south side of the river took place early in July, The heavy' rains of the summer and the heat Thave made it impossible for foreigners to do much visiting, but now that the cool weather is due more frequent visits are planned, Foreign Gunboats' Visits During the past summer while the West river was in flood it was possible for two of the foreign gunboats which patrol South Chinese waters to visit Lungchow. INS, Moorhen arrived early in July' and: stayed longer than was intended, but after repairs were made she was able to make the return trip to Nanning and Wuchow without difficulty. The sec-and visit was made in August by the new French gunboat. It was quite clever work on the part of the navigators of these boats to bring them up the narrow and crooked river, which is so full of rapids, The flood waters during the summer cased a wash out of a number of bridges along the moter road, but these are rapidly being chow.
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