During winter months, local fishmongers usually have to depend mainly upon the Taihu and the Tungtinghu for supplying their niarket demands. However, as a result of the severe cold during the last week or two, the streams and creeks adjacent to these two lakes have been frozen up, and a considerable number of fish "have been killed. The fish hongs out-lo the East Gate of the Shanghai city are said-to have sustained very serious losses already, and not a few may soon find it impossible to carry on unless weather conditions improve quickly.
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