Peking, 3rd December, In the progress of the revision of the Laws of: China, the Press Law has been drafted, and is now under consideration by the provincial officials, on receipt of whose report it will be submitted to the Throne for sanction.
The Laws.-relating to the issue of public loans, and the Copyright Laws will soon be completed.
The Commercial Code is now being perused by the French and German authorities, and the Criminal Code is also nearly complete.—Special service.
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