Tokyo, May 12. greatly pleased their Majesties and the little three-sen stamp, printed 25 years ago and the property of. a humble clerk in one of Japan's colonies, earned the singular distinction' of being the first gift to be accepted by the Emperor nnd Empress.
Th Mayor of Tokyo states at the Municipality intend issuing an-ocher foreign loan for restoration work in connexion with the great earthquake, but steps have not yet been taken pending a more favourable moment.—Reuter's Pacific Service.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.