Weihaiwei, July 26.
The Government "have recently had all the streets and lanes in the Port renamed and renumbered, and large metal plates with the names in English and Chinese have been affixed so that one can easily find any place one requires.
The fleet returned from the North last Thursday. It is difficult to find out anything about affairs in the North. The recent rains have caused the crops to grow rapidly and now that fine weather has set in again, the farmers are Busy poling their crops. The outlook is quite promising for a really good autumn harvest.
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