The opium edicts. have been strictly carried out here of late. The official has caused the police to mal it raids and, as result, ten form im dens have been seized and the buildings sold st auction, the money going to the schools and to the local police expenses, The keepers of these dens have suffered also, some of them being thrown into prison and beaten, aod others condemned to wear the cangue for several days. It is ramoured that ten shops where the raw opium is sold are to be closed this autumn in order to put an end to what has been a most flourishing business since the dens have been closed. Word has come here that the Governorof Hunan wasabouttocause all the shops where opium is sold to be closed during the eighth month, but a petition was sent in by these shopkeepers asking for a longer time, as that would not give them timoenough to collect their outstanding bills and so they were given till the first of the New Year and then all opium selling must cease.
It is with regret that we have to report that our good official is to leave us this autumn to go to Peking, a higher position.
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