What changes has the year brought to Kiukiang? Octwardly there is little change, except that the port shows w general deter ior tion, as regards the upkeep of the streets, and there is an air neglect about the place, There scorn to be a number of police about the streets, but thieves abound, and one has to keep all doors looked, One cannot fail to notice in getting about, that the people are far more respectful than they were Inst year in the days preceding the evacuation, Numbers of them have had a pretty hard year, expecially those who depended on the Kuling season to mako money'; there w certainly "nothing doing" for the Prices of all commodities, except. rice are very high, and trade is very bad. And this is not to be wondered at, for duty, taxes and dues on all goods coming into the port are exorbitant, One has had to pay 40 per cent, of the valve of groceries, in ge ed from Shanghai, and transhipped to Nanchang. Besides this, coolie hire is at least five times higher than it was,
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