Barley harvest has begun here, and is well under way, and wheat harvest will follow right on. 'The crop promises to be a, particularly good one, there having' been plenty of rain," while fine weather has predominated. The heads of both Darley and wheat are large and well filled, and the price of grain is coming down in the grain shops, in anticipation of this renewed supply.
Shanghai papers are taking about hree weeks to reach me. Yester-
@ay we received the "Ilerald" of April 28, "AcconoiNe to the Chinese press, a Norwegian -steamer, the name of Which in given as'"Lehkoh," has Ibeon detained by the Chinese' naval authorities for carrying a large entity of smuggled sult. It is id that the vessel will be detained Pending instructions from the Ministry of Finance.
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