If is reported in local Mandarin circles that Viceroy Chou Fu has instructed (Admiral Sah to'send a gunboat to Haichou to survey the harbour and neigh-outing islets preparatory to the opening Of that city to international trade, 18th October.
An Official Prohibition, A native newspaper the " Yibwénpao" learns that in response to the request of the Taotai of Tientsin, H.E. Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai has sent instractions to the various officials under his jurisdiction m Chibli province to the effect that foreigners establishing hongs in non-treaty ports and cities are acting' against treaty rights, The recipients of, the Viceregal instructions, are therefore ordered to see to it that such hongs are closed without unnecessary delay. Furthermore, that it has been observed that. with the construction of railways in the interior a number of foreigners have of Jate been establishing hongs, etc., along certain portions of the routes of these railways, which must also be strictly looked into' by the local authorities of the districts concerned. One month is given for the performance of this duty. The Chinese Municipal Council of the Native. City and suburbs, have decided to establish branch police stations, one each in the north, south, eastern, and western sections of Shanghai hsien, or district. The officer in charge of each station will not the power to try cases, but will "have to sond alli such coming within his cognisance to the Head Office of the Council. There is to be in this Head Office a regularly instituted Police Court, the presiding magistrate of which will be. Mr. K¢h, many years ago magistrate of the French Mixed Court. Important cases beyond the jurisdiction of a police magistrate are to be sent to the Shanghai city magistrate, A Mutiny at Chiahsing.
Telegraphic dispatches have been received by the local mandarins for Chishsing (Coll:—Kashing), Chekiang province, that the troops under Colonel Wu Chia-chen, commanding the garrison of that city, have mutinied. The cause is said to be dissatisfaction at the recent Imperial decree which cashiered Colonel Wu Chiachén—the same which removed Governor Nich and Provincial Treasurer Wong from their posts at the instance of denouncing Censors at Peking. It appears that the Colonel is much beloved by his mon, who naturally know the charge made to the Throne, that ho had been pocketing the pay of his men, to be untrue, An Acting Governor Without a Seal of Office.
As will perhaps be recalled by our readers, upon the- removal. of H.E. Governor Nieh Chih-kuei from his -post by a recent Imperial decree, Jui Hsing, the Tartar General of Hangchow, was ordered to take Governor Nieh's place as Acting Governor of Chekiang province. A Hangchow dispatch now states that upon receipt of the telegraphed Imperial decree in question, the Tartar General asked Governor Nieh for his Is of office. The latter refused to give ti up, saying that it was the usual etiquot to wait for the arrival of the Imp decree itself from Peking by special courier post, when, of course, he (Governor 1) would hand over his seals of office in the usual manner. Finding that he could not get poasession of the 1, the Tartar General has since telegraphed to Poking on the matter asking for instructions.
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