Mukden, Aug. 12, This week practically no business hag been done in fengpiao owing to the exchange shops having closed their doors. An arbitrary rate of 4.50 to the dollar is quoted, but even at that figure it is impossible to do} business in the city, though in the Japanese concession the rate is nearer 6.00, A limited amount is remitted daily to Shanghai favourable rates, and merchants who have good connexions in other ports are thereby enable to do profitable Dusiness, but, practically speaking, business is at zero.
Construction work on the new' Chinese Post Office ju Mukden is held up by the excessive rains preventing the transport of granite from the neighbourhood of Antung.
The new Chinese Club sponsored by Marshal Chang Tso-lin and other officials will be ready for occupation in two months.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.