Twenty students, natives of Ché- re about to be sent abroad by ini government to pursue Some will go to rica, They will all pursue engineering subjects, except five or six students who will either study commerce, law or shipbuilding. Hundreds of students presented themselves at the competitive examination which was held in Hangchow a few weeks ago, but only twenty were selected. We understand that Mr. T. H.
Lee, n.a., who is a member of the Board of Directors of the World's Chinese Students' Federation, and several other gentlemen have been appointed to escort the students to the above-named countries. It is hoped that a similar examination will be held every year not only by the hékinog provincial government, but Iso by the other provinces; and that fan equal or larger number of successful candidates will be sent to Europe or America to study, so that a permanent supply of qualified men may be obtained Empire, carry on the administration of the
FRONTIER DELIMITATION, The Eastern Times" states that the Waiwupu has instructed the' Governor of Kuangsi to survey the Koangsi-Anam frontier with the French authorities concerned without delay and has sent to him all documentary and other proof relating to China's boundary in that quarter.
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