Serious damage was done in the Shaohing ares by the rising of the Cien Tang River and the bursting of a dyke at Ling Pu. The plain as far as Ko-Chiso was flooded and the rice-crop ruined. it is possible that the farmers may yet be able to replant, but ever then the crop prospects are poor.
At the end of June the rain came at Huchow, and just in time to save the situation. Now the fear is that there may be too much rain, However, as it looks now, July 11, fas if the rice-crop will only be a little delayed.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.