Pablic opinion in China until. only quite recently, hax not been held of much account by officialdom, but it is significant of the progress of reform that officials now seem anxious to pro-vitiate the puliie by concessions, wherever possible. Owing to the general opinion that the Ministry of War is employing officials of the old Board of Wat rely ant of the duties now required of to the exclusion of graduates of Military academies and schools, these latter are now holding hack from the Army and there is general dissatisfaction against officials of the War Department on that account. To modify the popular dissatisfaction, we understand that the Ministry of War has now instituted competitive examinations for poste in that Department, as a concession to public opinion,
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