The Temple Fire From Our Own Correspondent Wuchang, Aug. 21
The Wuchang District Magistrate, Cheng Kuang-hua, appears to have become somewhat unpopular with the populace.
The other day notices were exhibited in various parts of the city setting forth a number of complaints against the manner in which he is carrying out his duties. The first point is that he is showing great weakness in dealing ith the robbers who are numerous and from whose depredations the villages in the neighbourhood of Wuchang are at present suffering. It is complained that not only does he neglect to take precautions against the visits of these unwelcome guests, but after robberies take place he is lackadaisical in his attempts to capture the miscreants.
The second is that he makes no effort to prohibit gambling in the country places outside the city. The third is in connexion with the returns of the land tax accounts, while the fourth states that though a great deal of money is. suppose to be expended on the police fore which it 1s intended shall opera' in the environs of the city, "men in blue' are conspicuous by their absence.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.