The Grand Council, after conferring fon the subject, has decided to fix the amount of the Crown allowance and to abolish the present Imperial Household Department next year. The draft of the new official system has been pretented to the Throne, and it is stated that and Rites will first be done away with.
HARSH TREATMENT, A Chinese telegram says that the Waiwopa has ds pated an official who, investigation, has discovered that there wre many instances of (hinese residents in Cochin China being subjected to unequal and harsh treat ent at the hands of the French authorities. That Ministry, therefore, desires to approach the French Ministry
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