hie year is & repetition of 1895 when the rains continued till Jaly- 25, June was hard month on the farmers the rice crop is now in s splendid condition, if only inthe iaterea the Jowlands the rains should cause.
The most diligent inquiries along the line betiveon the provinces, show that neither mandarins nor people have hoard of any disturbances, except mall local frays, in the three prefectares. The Ki troops—the forces both in camp and un bosts—have united in the: extirpation, of the modern locks and a little widening would be all that is necessary. It is manifest that there are difficulties in the way, such as customs, ignorance, and-men seeking their own advantage and not the public good, yet these are not insurmountable difficulties. And there are vast areas of country that can only be supplied by this water course, The writer is not writing in a spirit. of carping criticism, but purely in. a spirit of altruism.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.