An intimation has been sent to the Shanghai Arsenal from the Ministry of War that more arms are required and consequently more machinery should be bought and more workmen engaged. His Excellency Yio Chang.says in thediepatch that purchases of arms from foreign countries by the provinces are of a promiscuous kind, and mostly damaged in condition and inferior in quality. They would be worse than useless of emergencies. He has to the conclusion, after con-saltations with Prince Tesi Tso and Grand Councillor Ya Long, that all weapons of war arete be manufactured by bivese Arsenals themselves in order to secure uniformity as a military essential.
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