A short while ago a letter ap, ed in the "North-China Daily New: grouping Chinkiang with a number of otter cities which drew their water supply from filthy creeks and garbage laden waters. The water supplied by the British Municipal waterworks is of the finest quality, and now a company of enterprising! merchants has established a waterworks to supply all the main business centres with fresh river water. The intake is at a spot: where there is flowing water, and at a place where garbage could find no lodging place. The water is passed over sand beds, and pumped into a high tower, from whence it is conveyed in mains through the chief thoroughfares. It is very encouraging to the promoters of the scheme to see how readily their fellow citizens have taken advantage of an opportunity to procure good water at a reason-fable rate. The railway authorities have let a contract for boring a deep) well to supply water for its own use, Coolies belonging to the Chinkiang Road board have been busy sweep-and cleaning up the streets, and is goo to see this interest taken in the public welfare.
Workmen are now busy wor on a vacant plot on the Bund, in a short time it is expected to see fine new premises for the A.P.
ving the site. Another evidence a's future trade, CLOUD BURST AT HAKODATE, Tokyo, Aug. 28.
A torrential downpour 1 at Hakodate resulted houses being inundated. Six were destroyed.
In a neighbouring village a Iand-slide resulted in five people being killed.
Aug. 20.
Latest despatches from Hokkaido state that the floods have subsidy ed. The casualties reported are few and the damage is not great.
Floods have also been reported from Korea with a. few. casualties.
—Reuter. out permission.
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