Decrease in Revised Estimate Manila, Feb, 27.
Reviscd estimates of the cen-fugal sugar production of the Philippine Islands "made by the philippine Sugar Association for the crop year 1925-1926 place the probable output at mates made shortly after the grinding season croned last November.—Reuter's Pacific Service, rah One of the features of the procession, was the sacrificial offerings which were set out on tables on both sides of the whole line of the route, in front of nearly every shop and private house. These offerings consisted mostly of sweetmeats, sometimes bowls of rice and -zctables, with a candle on each side, An ingenious application, of modern conveniences, was an. electric wire, batteries and belis attached, which extended the whole length of the procession and moved with it, being carried by: a long string of bearers. By this means, the head of the procession was kept in communication with) the tail, and signals to stop or to go forward could be given, OF great men, in the procession, there "were Marshal Wu Pei-fa, Tupan Chang! Chia-meo, and the other leading officials, sent rheic representatives, who took part in the procession travelling three or four horse-carriages.
The principles and paid their last respects at the—yémen en the day before, when a big] feast: was given, at which the of the foreign Chambers of: Commerce were also present, Decorations En Route Heavy rain had fallen early on Sunday morning, and this had' Somewhat deleterious effect upon the bunting and decorations which had been put up at various important points on the route. The rain ceased, however, before 8 am, and although it was a dull day, "'the various banners and scrolls and paper umbrellas all reached the end of the journey safe and unspoiled. Outside the city, where the roads are notoriously bad, they had been given a makeshift preparation in the usual way by throwing down a thick layer of ashes and earth over the uneven and stony surface, With the heavy rain, and the passage of 30 many thousands of feet, this new surface was churned into an unpleasant mixture of black mud, which made most difficult going from the city gate all the way to the temple, Arrived at the Pao Tun Shih, the leaders of the procession made thei way in, while the soldiers lined the roads leading from the main gate up to the various temple buildings. Several hundreds guests were provided with food and drink in a number of prepared rooms. n, after waiting devable time, was borne up a tong side walk, covered with white cotton awning, and the pathway lined with soldiers, and finally laid in a place specially prepared for it, hung round with white bunting and lit with wax candles, Additional illumination was provided for the hours of darkness, the shape of an electric engine, bought for the occasion in Hankow, brought across the Yangtze and set Up on some wooden piles outhouse of the monastery, Five or six hundred electric bulbs arranged to give abundant ion all around the shrine ways leading to it, But the engine was sot up, ed to work, in spite of" the endeavours of half-n-dozen coolies, who Inhonred strenuously to persuade "the heavy fly-wheel to keep revolving. The unfortunate officer who had been put in charge of the lighting arrangements was at his wit's ends, and was. doing his best to try {0 borrow another a mission institution in Tt was said that, unless he succeeded in getting the Vighis to function before dark, he was likely to suffer the penalty which the Red Queen in "Alice Wonderland" was so fond of imposing upon her subjects, What happened in the end, your eorrespondent has not yet learned, since it was necessary for him to return to the city before the crucial moment arrived,
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