The Ministry of Finance has been notified by H. E. Sung Shan, Viceroy of the Min-Che, that he is arranging for a loan of Tle 1,200,000 from the tx and people of his Viceroy-.|alty at the rate of seven per cent per The loan is to be guaranteed Among those who participated in the]! honourable Sen 1g, for the gracious words by the Fukien Provincial Treasury. hanguet were the British, German and Japanese Consuls, the German Vier Consul and ten foreign instructors of th Government. schools in Nanking. The langaet was held in the newly built annexe of the Viceregal Yamen, a handsome substantial one-storevesl, or foreign-styled bungalow, and stone, raised six feet above the ground. The annexe ix composed of a number of rooms en quite, consisting of a large audience hall, @ drawing-room, two bedrooms, one large banqueting room capable of accommodating fifty persons, smaller dining room and pantry, with servants' offices in rear. The Viceroy's banquet was a recherche and most enjoyable affair, and the principal toast of the occasion was that of Baron Gibsattel, the German and Senior Consul in Nanking, who proposed the health of His Imperial Majesty Kuang Hu in German, which was transi into Chinese by the German Vice Consul, and of which we now give a free re-translation into English as follows "Your Excellency and gentlemen, 5—on behalf of the Nanking Consular body I have the honour to on behalf
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