From the roadside to the re¢eption and dining halls, a path of soft evergreen needles carpeted the way. Gorgeous silk and satin embroidered scrolls, panels and curtains were hung about the walls. The foreign residents of Lungchan were included among the guests and many important persons were present or represented including the Governor-General of Indo-China, the Resident-Superior of Hanoi, the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Hanoi and so on. Dinner was served in the annex to the Yamen and during afternoon tea, favours were presented to the guests. At night, Chinese thea-trials were the programme, Many speeches were made throughout the celebration and the general success of the affair was held to be a splendid augury for the new road, the opening of which it is hoped will mark the opening of a new trade era for Kuangsi province. A map of the new road is shown.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.