To the itor of the ortu-Cuina Dairy News." in your paper some months ago I understood that each group of 2000 bonds was drawn separately, if such be the case one bond having a number between 1 and 2000 should receive a reimbursement of 2069, similarly one between 2001 and 4000, yet in your to-day's issue no bond with a number under 4000 has received such a reimbursement but two each between 4000 and 6000 12000 and above have.
Can you elucidate the problem? T am, ete., No. 910.
Shanghai, May 17.
It may be stated for the information of our correspondent that at the drawing to which he refers the old system of drawing in groups of 2,000 numbers was abandoned. The whole of the numbers—over 13,000—went into one drum, and it simply happened that no number under 4,000 came out. This change in method was adopted by request of a large number of subscribers.—Editor.
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