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Ningpo, Feb. 3.
Ningpo has experienced a winter almost unprecedented severity. he Chinese say that it is more than 30 years since such extreme wintry conditions existed in the di rick. Phe famine conditions which are reigning in Haimen and Wenchow have driven many poor "Ghinese to seck a'living where they can best find it, and consequently the number of beggars in Ningpo "has increased considerably. One is mot with the ery of "tso hao 2" at almost every corner. However, in spite of these adverse cireamstances Ningpo can be said to have fared fairly well in comparison with other districts, the local authorities having deemed it unnecessary to oF-g#anize any relief measures. and vegetables, of course, are dear, but pork is very cheap.
Notwithstanding the rigour of winter, and the pronouncement rom Nanking that future use of the. moon calendar is forbidden, Small boys learning
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