As an indication of the activities now in progress here, it may be mentioned that the railway extension to the arsenal has now been. completed, the electric tram line has been laid, a good road surface is being laid down, an experimental run has been made by an_ electric car, and last but not least the foundation of the new post office has been laid.
Mukden has suffered a loss in the departure of Mr. T. Funatsu, the popular Japanese Consul Gener: who has been marked out for pro- 5, motion, though his next post has! not yet been divulged. A large concourse of his own nationals and other foreigners assembled at the station of Friday to bid good bye to the genial Consul and his charming wife and daughter.
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