Since my last letter " fire has cleaned out about thirty shops in the Fu Lung Chiai, one of the chief shopping sections of the city. It is one of the signs of the times that in rebuild: care is being taken to the street, four feet on each side of the burnt portion. There is much building going on in many parts of the'city, especially the South Suburb where large number of foreign and semi-foreign dwelling-houses are built. or building. Several Chinese gentlemen of means have been intro ducing into their homes such innovations as acetylene gas plant and hot-air furnaces. At the same time, it appears that many of the so-called foreign shops (rang hang) have had to out of business, This is probably The W.-C. herald and S.C.
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