What one vigorous official can accomplish in a very short time is at present demonstrated in the city of Taiping and it is seldom in an inland city that so many new public buildings and real improvements meet the eye. The streets are levelled and kept clean. Trees are everywhere in evidence. The schools both for boys and girls are newly equipped and have a very business-like appearance. And some very startling changes are being effected in order to promote health and hygiene, while a glance at the official orders which are almost daily being published, shows
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