The Archive · 1928

Steep Island

Situated on the summit of Steep Inland tie ight cane, sen for 22 miles in good weather. Tt was first lighted in 1883 and altered in 1909. "It is a very powerful light fand the illuminating power is equal to 540,090 candle power. rishi Ge puiahed in due courted), further arti on China Coast 'Tue Shanghai and Woosong Health Bureau has issued a notice forbidding nurses, midwives and physicians' assistants calling theme elves "doctors."

Iw order to promote the use of revenue stamps inthe Settlement trid the "French Concession, any the Chinese press, the Stamp Bureau has requested the Commie sioner of Foreign Affairs to come municate with the aut cerned, with a view to. securing their ce-operation in the work of detecting smuggled goods, 'THe Minister of Finance for the Nationalist Government is reported by the "Sinwanpao"" to have order fed the Superintendent of Customs {fo instruct the local Commissioner to earmark $1,500,000 for the sup> port of the silk market, the sill Ferchants, here having' suffered Considerably last year. A meeting fof the Bureau of Agriculture, Me dustry and Commerce. will be' held to-morrow to, discuss ways and means of apportioning the money,

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