8th May.
On the 16th of April, the streets of Mukden resounded with the music accompanying a Wauminshan, or "Umbrella gifted by ® myriad people," escorted by large numbers of retugece through great crowds of sympathetic onlookers. 'This most coveted honour is rarely bestowed. When given it is the glad expression of gratitude for many benefits received or for a long course of excellent government. The Chiang Chun, Tsing Eh', is well worthy of it on account of both reasons. He has now at length received the permission to retire from office which for years he has been vainly seeking. could not formerly be relieved while the existing conditions continued unchanged.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.