Chefoo, Dec. 17.
The difficulty regarding the ing of the loan for the Breakwater, mentioned in a previous letter, has been finally settled from Peking, the Harbour Improvement Commi sion being empowered to commun cate with financial houses. Thus the last of the many obstacles seems to have been removed and there is no reason that the scheme should not now go right ahead.
At a cent of 83,000 a splendid steel bridge has been built over the Creek on the new Bund, replacing! the one destroyed in the September floods. The bridge, gaily decorated, was formally opened to the public on Monday Last when an imposing ceremony was enacted under the auspices of the International Committee, who have undertaken the work.
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