The rain has continued to fall heavily for days and the farmers are eagerly looking for a change in the weather. They say the rain is spoiling the corn, and hindering the young rice. The water in the fields is too cold for the young plants, or else it rushes into the fields with such force that the rice is washed away. Those who have plenty of rice in their granaries are less disposed than ever to put it. on the market, for the failure of the corn crop will cause rice to advance in price. In many. instances the poorer classes have already given up cating rice because they cannot afford to purchase it, and we wonder how they will exist later.
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The run on the Bank has stopped and the Bank of China notes are firm. Large sums of money were borrowed from distant parts of the province to relieve the situation, and in addition to paying heavy rates of interest the Bank had to meet the cost of transportation, including a substantial tip to the escort.
It is interesting to know the device adopted to stop the withdrawal of deposits, or the chang: ing of notes into' silver dollars. A copy of the proclamation urging people to accept defaced dollars, ete., at full value was pasted up in the banking house, and when any customer desired. silver coin jin exchange for paper awoney, or wished to withdraw his deposit he was offered defaced dollars. If he objected, the clerk drew his attention to the proclamation, and if he received the money and attempted to use it for commercial purposes he found business men would only accept it at a discount of anything from 5 to 10 per cent. The authorities took no steps whatever to deal with those who would only accept the defaced money on discount. Several firms have gone into bankruptey, as the outconie of the financial crisis, and it is feared their failure' may implicate other firms, and bring about ruin and disaster.
Foop axp Tue Dear. it is reported that the first contingent of wounded soldiers, numbering 800, is about to reach Kueiyang from Szechuan.
A shipment of salt has arrived, and steadied the price of that commodity, but other food stuffs are gradually rising in price. Coal and other fuels are scare, and it is a common thing to sec people raking in the ash heaps to try and find small pieces of coke or cinders which they can utilize in the preparation of food, ete.
Tairry-rance American girls arrived in Manila on the Empress of Asia recently to teach in the Philippine Schools.
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